1. (v. t.) 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. (v. t.) To put on.

3. (v. t.) 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.

4. (v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend.

5. (v. t.) To confer; to give.

6. (v. t.) To enclose; 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. (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

8. (v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.