put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit

the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow

getting workers to invest in private pension funds

provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute)

the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour

clothe or cover with a garment

he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling

surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it

Fort Pulaski was invested and captured