[医] 包埋, 围模

[ noun ]
the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
<noun.act>

Invest \In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in +
vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See
{Vest}.]
1. 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.

2. To put on. [Obs.]

Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser.

3. 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.

I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak.

4. To surround, accompany, or attend.

Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the
guilt. --Hawthorne.

5. To confer; to give. [R.]

It investeth a right of government. --Bacon.

6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so
as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and
prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of
obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank
stock.

8. Hence: To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a
view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that
expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a
lot of time in teaching one's children.
[PJC]

investing \investing\ n.
the act or process of expending resources, especially money,
to achieve rewards.

Syn: investment.
[WordNet 1.5]