Verb:
1: commit, invest, put, place make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
2: empower, indue, invest, gift, endue, endow give qualities or abilities to
3: clothe, invest, adorn furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
4: invest, vest, enthrone provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
5: induct, seat, invest place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"