INVESTURE

In*ves"ture, n.

Definition: Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

In*ves"ture, v. t.

Definition: To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] "Monks . . . investured in their copes." Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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