n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment. [ 1913 Webster ] Whose white investments figure innocence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. [ 1913 Webster ] The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; also, the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. [ 1913 Webster ] Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] |