invest
1. make an investment (Freq. 7)
- Put money into bonds
• Syn:
put, commit, place
• Ant:
divest
• Derivationally related forms:
commitment (for: commit), investment, investor, investing
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
fund, roll over, shelter, tie up, speculate,
job, buy into
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. give qualities or abilities to (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
endow, indue, gift, empower, endue
• Derivationally related forms:
gift (for: gift), endowment (for: endow)
• Hypernyms:
enable
• Hyponyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
3. furnish with power or authority;
of kings or emperors
• Syn:
clothe, adorn
• Derivationally related forms:
investment, investiture
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
4. provide with power and authority
- They vested the council with special rights
• Syn:
vest, enthrone
• Ant:
divest
• Derivationally related forms:
enthronement (for: enthrone), investiture
• Hypernyms:
install, instal
• Hyponyms:
ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order, crown,
coronate, enthrone, throne
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
• Syn:
induct, seat
• Derivationally related forms:
seat (for: seat), inductee (for: induct), induction (for: induct)
• Hypernyms:
install, instal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
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