Whose white investments figure innocence.
Shak.
3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed
force, or the state of being so surrounded.
The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six
days after its investments.
Marshall.
4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property;
the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.
Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might
render it ineligible.
A. Hamilton.
An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
Hawthorne.
In*vest"or (?), n. One who invests.
In*ves"ture (?; 135), n. Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
In*ves"ture, v. t. To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] "Monks . .
. investured in their copes." Fuller.