invest

verb

• 1 [no object] expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture:getting workers to invest in private pension funds [with object]:the company is to invest $12 million in its new manufacturing site
• [with object] devote (one’s time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result:politicians who have invested so much time in the Constitution would be crestfallen
• [no object] (invest in) informal buy (something) whose usefulness will repay the cost.

• 2 [with object] (invest someone/something with) provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute):the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humor
• endow someone with (a rank or office).
• (invest something in) establish a right or power in.

• 3 [with object] archaic clothe or cover with a garment:he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling

• 4 [with object] archaic surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it:Fort Pulaski was invested and captured