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investverb to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principleinvested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight endue(or indue), imbue, inculcate, infuse, ingrain(also engrain), inoculate, steep, suffuse animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leavenimplant, instill, plantimpregnate, permeate, pervade, saturatedeluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm, submerge deprive, divest, stripclear, emptyeliminate, remove, take (away) to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attributea woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place bless, endow, endue(or indue), favor, gift equip, provide, supplybestow (on or upon), clothe, confer (on), coveraccord, award, grantempower, enable, enhance, enrich, heightenbequeath, will dispossess, divest, stripdeplete, drain, exhaustskimp, stint to give official or legal power toinvested him with power of attorney accredit, authorize, certify, charter(British), commission, empower, enable, license(also licence), qualify, vest, warrant approve, clear, credential, endorse(also indorse), OK(or okay), sanctionaffirm, confirm, validateinaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear inallow, let, permitenfranchise, entitle, privilege disqualify ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stopenjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothesa fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vestdrape, enswathe, hap(dialect), huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrapaccoutre(or accouter), bedight(archaic), equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniformdress down, underdress disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss(archaic) denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremoniesthe beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, seat swear inconsecrate, enshrineaccept, admit, receive, take inenlist, enroll(also enrol) can, discharge, fire, terminatemuster out to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communicationthe city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell beleaguer, besiege, blockade, leaguer(archaic) barricade, block, cut off, dam, encircleassail, assault, attack, besetconfine, insulate, isolate, quarantine lay siege to emancipate, free, liberate, release, rescue to surround or cover closelynightfall invested the land bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose(also inclose), encompass, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, shroud, swathe, veil, wrap curtain, drapeembed(also imbed), encaseswaddleblanket, overlay, overspreadcamouflage, cloak, disguise, maskcircle, encircle, enlace, enwind bare, denude, expose, strip in the 15th century |