Noah Webster's Dictionary 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Invest (2 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 12:23 Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety; (See RSV) Numbers 27:20 You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. (See RSV)