invest – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to invest
Participle: invested
Gerund: investing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	invest
we	Let's invest
you	invest

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

put on clothing

clothe

to adorn or cover with clothing

accouter, address, apparel, array, attire, beclothe, clothe, dight, don, dress, enrobe, equip, put on, robe, slip on

to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole

add, assist, bestow, bring, chip in, do one's bit, donate, endow, fund, gift, grant, impart, join, kick in, lend, participate, pitch in, pledge, provide, put up, set forward, supply, support, sweeten the kitty, contribute

empower

endow, authorize, qualify, vest

initiate

inaugurate, induct, install

enfold

envelop, wrap, enshroud, enclose

infuse

imbue, level

Antonyms

empower

disable, disenfranchise, disqualify, dismiss

initiate

end, terminate, finish, destroy

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1387 (implied in investiture), "to clothe in the official robes of an office," from L. investire "to clothe in, cover, surround," from in "in, into" + vestire "to dress, clothe" (see wear). The meaning "use money to produce profit" first attested 1613 in connection with the East Indies trade, and is probably a borrowing of It. investire (13c.) from the same L. root, via the notion of giving one's capital a new form. The military meaning "to besiege" is from 1600.
2. Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root. See: Latin 'investio', Italian 'investire'.

Verbs referencing "invest"

German, old spelling investieren, Dutch investeren.

Sample Sentences