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Invest
ɪnˈvɛst
- put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit
"the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow"
put money into sink money into lay out money on plough money into- devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result
"we have invested a considerable amount of time in demonstrating the value of the system"
- buy (a relatively expensive product) whose usefulness will repay the cost
"I invested in an expensive moisturizer and tried to drink more water"
- provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute)
"the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour"
- formally confer a rank or office on (someone)
"he was invested as Head of State on 1 October 1936"
- confer a right or power on (someone or something)
"all executive powers were invested in the Secretary of State"
- clothe or cover with a garment
"he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling"
- surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it
"Fort Pulaski was invested and captured"