Word Meanings - INVEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock. (more info) 1. To

Additional info about word: INVEST

To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock. (more info) 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. 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. It investeth a right of government. Bacon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INVEST)

• Appoint
• Fix
• determine
• instal
• allot
• order
• prescribe
• institute
• employ
• apportion
• apply
• designate
• assign
• intrust
• invest
• ordain
• arrange
• Array Vest
• deck
• equip
• decorate
• rank
• adorn
• dress
• accoutre
• attire
• place
• draw up
• marshal
• set in order
• dispose
• Clothe
• Invest
• robe
• drape
• array
• cover
• Dignify
• Aggrandize
• elevate
• exalt
• advance
• promote
• honor
• Endow
• Present
• enrich
• furnish
• qualify
• supply
• clothe
• endue

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INVEST)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease
• Disarray
• disarrange
• confuse
• jumble
• divest
• denude
• strip
• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice

Related words: (words related to INVEST)

• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• EQUIPENSATE
  To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
• EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
  Equality of weight; equipoise.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• 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,
• DIVESTITURE
  The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• DIVESTMENT
  The act of divesting.
• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• ALLOTTABLE
  Capable of being allotted.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• ADORNINGLY
  By adorning; decoratively.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• UNATTIRE
  To divest of attire; to undress.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• UNSTRIPED
  Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped.