invest

Etymology 1
Borrowed from or, from , from  + , from ; see. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via, of the same root.

Verb

 * 1) To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
 * 2)  To clothe or wrap (with garments).
 * 3)  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.
 * 11)  To make investments.
 * 12)  To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
 * 13)  To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
 * 14)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1) To surround, accompany, or attend.
 * 2) To lay siege to.
 * 3)  To make investments.
 * 4)  To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
 * 5)  To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
 * 6)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1)  To make investments.
 * 2)  To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
 * 3)  To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
 * 4)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.
 * 1)  To inaugurate the  after a successful parliamentary vote.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, обгръщам с
 * Finnish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Arabic: اِسْتَثْمَرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: invertir
 * Belarusian: інвестава́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: investere
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: investi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: השקיע
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ធ្វើវិនិយោគ
 * Korean:
 * Latin: collocō
 * Latvian:
 * Malay: melabur
 * Maori: whakangao, whakangao moni
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хөрөнгө оруулах, бэл оруулах
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ, ᠪᠡᠯᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ
 * Norwegian: investere
 * Persian: سرمایه‌گذاری کردن
 * Polish:, zainwestować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mamuhunan
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: інвестува́ти, вклада́ти, вкла́сти
 * Vietnamese: (投資)


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: investi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ;
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 投入する
 * Latin: collocō
 * Latvian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, ลงทุนลงแรง


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Maori: whakaoati
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, (полномочиями, властью, правами)
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Latin: circumsedeo
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Latvian:
 * Maori: whakangao
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Thai:


 * Finnish: kaavata

Etymology 2
From, by shortening.

Noun

 * 1)  An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.