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Verb: invest  in'vest
  1. Make an investment
    - put, commit, place
     
  2. Give qualities or abilities to
    - endow, indue, gift, empower, endue
     
  3. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    - clothe, adorn
     
  4. Provide with power and authority
    - vest, enthrone
     
  5. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
    - induct, seat

Derived forms: invested, investing, invests

See also: investiture, investment, investor

Type of: drop, enable, equip, expend, fit, fit out, instal, install, outfit, spend

Antonym: divest

Encyclopedia: Invest