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investing
熔模鑄造
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
investing
n
:
the
act
of
investing
;
laying
out
money
or
capital
in
an
enterprise
with
the
expectation
of
profit
[
syn
:
investment
]
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