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invest
Verb
  • To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
  • To clothe or wrap (with garments). dated
  • To put on (clothing). obsolete
  • To envelop, wrap, cover.
  • To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
  • To ceremonially install someone in some office.
  • To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
  • To formally give (power or authority).
  • To surround, accompany, or attend.
  • To lay siege to.
  • To make investments. intransitive
  • To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). metallurgy
Noun
  • An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. meteorology