invest Copy link Outline I. To put in possession of an officeII. To surround, graceIII. To sink or put out money at interest1. collŏco, 1 (that in which, expr. by in and abl., less freq. in and acc.)2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put out to interest; opp. to religere, to call in)3. occŭpo, 1 (to lend on interestIV. obsĭdeo, circumsĕdeo, vallo et fossa cingo, circumdo, etc. • invest: I. To put in possession of an office: magistratum alicui committere, Cic. Pl. 25, 61; mandare, id. Mur. 35, 74; dare, id. Agr. 2, 10, 26 [so potestatem dare, committere, etc.: v. office]. Sometimes, praepōno, praefĭcio, will serve: to i. with office such as would not offend, praeponere non peccaturos, Tac. Agr. 19 (but the dat. is usu. added): v. to appoint (I.). II. To surround, grace: expr. by addo, do, etc.: to i. petty things with honour, angustis addere rebus honorem, Virg. G. 3, 290: i. thou my words with imperishable grace, aeternum da dictis leporem! Lucr. 1, 29: she (the goddess) had i.'d his eyes with lively charms, laetos oculis afflarat honores, Virg. Aen. 1, 591: v. to impart, bestow. Phr.: virtue is i.'d with new charms by a comely form, gratior pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, Virg. Aen. 5, 344. III. To sink or put out money at interest: 1. collŏco, 1 (that in which, expr. by in and abl., less freq. in and acc.): to i. money in an estate, (pecuniam) in fundo c., Cic. Caec. 4, 11; in emptiones praediorum, Gai. Dig. 17, 1, 2 § 6; at heavy interest, gravi fenore c., Suet. Aug. 39. 2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put out to interest; opp. to religere, to call in): Hor. Epod. 2, extr. 3. occŭpo, 1 (to lend on interest: also, in gen. sense): cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, 91, pecunias occupârat apud populos, et syngraphas fecerat: to i. money in stock, pecuniam (in) animalibus, in pecore o., Col. IV. obsĭdeo, circumsĕdeo, vallo et fossa cingo, circumdo, etc.: v. to besiege, blockade.