[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"invest"[/SIZE][/B] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/put]put[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/commit]commit[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/place]place[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/divest]divest[/URL]] [*]give qualities or abilities to [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/endow]endow[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/indue]indue[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/gift]gift[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/empower]empower[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/endue]endue[/URL]] [*]furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/clothe]clothe[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/adorn]adorn[/URL]] [*]provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/vest]vest[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/enthrone]enthrone[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/divest]divest[/URL]] [*]place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/induct]induct[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/seat]seat[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/invest]http://www.word.sc/invest[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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