invests
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invest
invests
plural of invest
Source: Wiktionary
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
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
