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.-to put on.-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.-to surround, accompany, or attend.-to confer; to give.-to inclose; 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.-to lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.-to make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.