INVESTS

Etymology 1

Verb

invests

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invest

Etymology 2

Noun

invests

plural of invest

Source: Wiktionary

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INVEST

In*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing.] Etym: [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See Vest.]

1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

2. To put on. [Obs.] Can not find one this girdle to invest. Spenser.

3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. Shak.

4. To surround, accompany, or attend. Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. Hawthorne.

5. To confer; to give. [R.] It investeth a right of government. Bacon.

6. (Mil.)

Definition: To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock.

In*vest", v. i.

Definition: To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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