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verb

past tense of invest
1
as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight

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as in gifted
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place

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as in enabled
to give official or legal power to invested him with power of attorney

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as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award

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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen

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as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell

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as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely nightfall invested the land

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Recent Examples of invested
Adjective
And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said the district has invested heavily in school safety, including secure entries, door locks, fencing and security cameras and lockdown drills. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The Cowboys invested massive resources in its defensive tackle room headed by Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Test infrastructure was slow, and the industry invested its way to speed. — Jay Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Blue Origin has invested more than $3 billion in its infrastructure and facilities in Florida, which now spans more than 20 sites across the state’s Brevard and Orange counties, with more than 5,000 employees, Richardson said. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Eager said the school was built in recent years, adding the school district has invested a lot in security. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Barker recalled giving a mutual guy friend some dating advice about just having fun and hooking up with women, advising him to think of dating as a sport, while trying to not get too emotionally invested. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026 The great thing about Weta Workshop was that they were so invested. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Lockheed Martin has invested $250 million in the Strigo facility to support seeker development. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
  1. suited
  2. suffused
  3. gifted
  4. enabled
  5. clothed
  6. inducted
  7. besieged
  8. wrapped
Adjective
  • The pattern, whether rendered in black and white or a soft melange of browns, is just as much a neutral as any kind of leopard print, but feels particularly well suited to contrast this season’s bold use of color.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Investors can use this list as a starting point — along with referrals — to find an expert who is well-suited for their family's needs.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of suffused
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  • In 2013, Kardashian’s then-husband Kanye West gifted her a Hermès Birkin bag for Christmas that featured an impressionist painting of nudes by artist George Condo.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Woman’s Day is reporting that a book Meghan gifted Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, was recently listed on eBay for £19,999 ($26,000).
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of gifted
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  • But the Houthis hold significant territory along Yemen's Red Sea coast, which has enabled them to threaten vessels there and in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and another key chokepoint for global energy supplies.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Besides profound conversation, HomeView, when paired with a compatible Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, can use personal context from apps such as Messages and Calendar to garner more relevant responses.
    — muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of enabled
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  • However, other analysts have expressed concerns about assuming that take-or-pay legal structures are iron-clad and about equating backlogs with revenue.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of clothed
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  • Sunday night, when the 48-year-old Abraham became the 15th member inducted into the Falcons’ Ring of Honor at halftime of the team’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, tears were certainly in play.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Lock, Hill and Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton are part of the six-member Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame Class set to be inducted this weekend.
    — Sam McDowell October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of inducted
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  • The settlers who carried out the attack in Jalud overnight are the same group who besieged the home of a Palestinian-American in the neighboring village of Qusra last month, local residents say.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieged
Verb
  • On a late September afternoon, Mariposa Park Apartments in west Fort Worth was quiet, yet the blue tarp, failing roof and wire fence wrapped around the complex about the aftermath of a fire that tore it apart a month ago.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Cambria Wells, the center’s education and outreach manager, recalls a hummingbird that was similarly wrapped in webbing and didn’t make it.
    — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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