invest

1 :  to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return

2 :  to make use of for future benefits or advantages invested her time wisely

3 :  to involve or engage especially emotionally were deeply invested in their children's lives

:  to make an investment

:  to give power or authority to

1 :  to put out money in order to gain profit She invested in a business.

2 :  to put out (as effort) in support of a usually worthy cause We invested time in the project.

1:  to envelop or cover completely the pleura invests the lung

2:  to endow with a quality or characteristic the paranoid personality who invests the external world with his…ideas and feelings—Structure & Meaning of Psychoanalysis

1 :  to install in an office or position

2a :  to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b :  to grant someone control or authority over :  vest

1 :  to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return

2 :  to make use of for future benefits or advantages

:  to commit funds or purchase something of intrinsic value for future gain :  make an investment —often used with in