[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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