| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| invest (v.) |
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| This verb’s first cluster of meaning has to do with the idea of “clothing or enfolding someone or something with or in the symbols of power and authority,” which includes both the idea of “(in)vesting someone with authority,” as in The new officers were invested at a colorful ceremony, and the somewhat less frequent idea of surrounding troops or cities so that they are cut off: The invaders invested the capital and laid siege to it. The second cluster means “to commit money to an enterprise in order to win a financial return”: He invested his money mainly in blue chip stocks and bonds. Both these clusters are Standard. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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