to invest is a form of:
Invest
verb — past tense: invested ; past participle: invested ; present participle: investing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (in something with somebody) (to put (money) into business, etc., in the expectation of profit from dividends or increasing value, to install in office, to give power or authority to) ធ្វើវិនិយោគ (ចាយទ្រព្យដើម្បីបង្កបង្កើន មធ្យោបាយផលិតកម្ម) / ចំណាយ, បណ្ដាក់ទុន, ស្លៀកពាក់អោយ, ប្រគល់តំណែង (អោយអ្នកណាម្នាក់) / ស្លៀកពាក់អោយឡើងវិញ, ផ្តល់សំលៀកបំពាក់, ជួយជ្រោមជ្រែង, ផ្ដល់
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ដាក់ទុន, វិនិយោគ, បណ្តាក់ទុន, ចំណាយ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: invested ; past participle: invested ; present participle: investing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To surround, accompany, or attend.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To put on.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
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- To confer, to give