in·vest /ɪnˈvɛst/
 (vt.)給…著衣;投(vi.)投資;買進


 in·vest /ɪnˈvɛst/ 及物動詞
 包埋,包被


 In·vest v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing.]
 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. 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.
 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.


 In·vest v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

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 invest
      v 1: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: put, commit,
            place] [ant: divest]
      2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift,
          empower, endue]
      3: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
         clothe, adorn]
      4: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
         with special rights" [syn: vest, enthrone] [ant: divest]
      5: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
         "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the
         Academy" [syn: induct, seat]