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給…著衣;投投資;買進

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in +
   vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See
   {Vest}.]
   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 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 (money or capital) in business with the ?iew of
      obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank
      stock.

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

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]