ENGLISH: invest - CREOLE: envesti



Overview of verb invest



The verb invest has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (7) invest, put, commit, place -- (make an investment; "Put money into bonds")

2. (2) endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue -- (give qualities or abilities to)

3. invest, clothe, adorn -- (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)

4. invest, vest, enthrone -- (provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights")

5. induct, invest, seat -- (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy")

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