n. The act of depriving of investiture. [ Obs. ] Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing. ] [ L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See Vest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put on. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Can not find one this girdle to invest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do invest you jointly with my power. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To surround, accompany, or attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To confer; to give. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It investeth a right of government. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Hence: To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one's children. [ PJC ]

v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. investiens, p. pr. of investire. ] Covering; clothing. [ R. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See Investigate. ] Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate. ] Unsearchable; inscrutable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Investigated p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating. ] [ L. investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige. ] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.
Syn. -- investigation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation. ] The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. investigateur. ] One who searches diligently into a subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to an investigation; accomplished by investigation; designed to find information or ascertain facts; as, investigatory committee; the investigatory excesses of the prosecutor.
Syn. -- fact-finding, investigative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act or process of expending resources, especially money, to achieve rewards.
Syn. -- investment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

While we yet have on
Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Investing. [ R. ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose white investments figure innocence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; also, the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who invests. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe; to invest; to install. [ Obs. ] “Monks . . . investured in their copes.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Investiture; investment. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invest again or anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An outer vestment or garment. [ R. ] Bp. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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