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invest
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?v?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
invest (third-person singular simple present invests, present participle investing, simple past and past participle invested)
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- (transitive, dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To put on (clothing).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- (intransitive) To be involved in; to form strong attachments to.
Synonyms
- (put on clothing): beclothe, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (lay siege to): besiege
Antonyms
- (clothe): divest
- (give): divest
- (commit funds): disinvest, divest
Derived terms
Related terms
- divest
- vest
- vestibule
- vestment
- vesture
Translations
Etymology 2
From investigate, by shortening
Noun
invest (plural invests)
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
References
Anagrams
- ventis
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license
English
Alternative forms
- (British, Canadian, Australian, Irish, South African and New Zealand English) licence (noun)
Etymology
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek ????? (leíp?, “leave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: li?cense
Noun
license (countable and uncountable, plural licenses)
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- Short for driver's license.
Usage notes
- In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, South African English and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Derived terms
Related terms
- licensure
- licentious
Translations
Verb
license (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed)
- Authorize officially.
- (transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property)
- To give formal authorization to use.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
- To give formal authorization to use.
- (linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct).
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- license in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- license in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Licence in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- selenic, silence
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