To allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. She decided to invest her savings in the stock market.
To devote time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. He invested a lot of time in learning how to play the guitar.
To endow someone or something with a particular quality or attribute. The community invested the new leader with a great deal of trust.
To surround, envelop, or besiege, especially in a military sense. In 1645 the parliamentary army invested the royalist stronghold.
To formally confer (a person) with an office, rank, or authority; to install in a position of honor or power. The president was invested with full executive authority during the inauguration ceremony.