invest
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verb- 1.
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- 2.
(dated, transitive)To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- 3.
(intransitive, obsolete)To put on (clothing).
- 4.
To envelop, wrap, cover.
- 5.
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- 6.
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- 7.
To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- 8.
To formally give (power or authority).
- 9.
To surround, accompany, or attend.
- 10.
To lay siege to.
to invest a town
- 11.
(intransitive)To make investments.
- 12.
(metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
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noun- 1.
(meteorology) A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development.
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Borrowed from Middle French investir or investire, from Latin investio (to clothe, cover), from in- (in, on) + vestio (to clothe, dress), from vestis (clothing); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.