Part 6044

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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>as, to <ex>invest</ex> a town</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To lay out (money or capital) in business with the <?/iew of obtaining an income or profit; <as>as, to <ex>invest</ex> money in bank stock</as>.</def>

<h1>Invest</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make an investment; <as>as, to <ex>invest</ex> in stocks</as>; -- usually followed by <i>in</i>.</def>

<h1>Investient</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vest"ient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>investiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>investire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Covering; clothing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Investigable</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>investigabilis</ets>. See <er>Investigate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Investigable</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>investigabilis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Vestigate</er>.]</ety> <def>Unsearchable; inscrutable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So unsearchable the judgment and so <b>investigable</b> the ways thereof. <i>Bale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Investigate</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Investigated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Investigating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>investigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>investigare</ets> to investigate; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>vestigare</ets> to track, trace. See <er>Vestige</er>.]</ety> <def>To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; <as>as, to <ex>investigate</ex> the causes of natural phenomena</as>.</def>

<h1>Investigate</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*gate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.</def>

<h1>Investigation</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves`ti*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>investigatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>investigation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; <as>as, the <ex>investigations</ex> of the philosopher and the mathematician; the <ex>investigations</ex> of the judge, the moralist.</as></def>

<h1>Investigative</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*ga*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.</def>

<h1>Investigator</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>investigateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who searches diligently into a subject.</def>

<h1>Investiture</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*ves"ti*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>investitura</ets>: cf. F. <ets>investiture</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.</def>

<blockquote>He had refused to yield up to the pope the <b>investiture</b> of bishops. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>Livery of seizin.</def>