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Invest (2 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 12:23 Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety; (See RSV)

Numbers 27:20 You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. (See RSV)

Thesaurus
Invest (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest.
Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe. ...
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Vest (11 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest;
to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as ...
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Crown (94 Occurrences)
... with a crown. 25. (n.) To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence,
to invest with royal dignity and power. 26. (n.) To bestow ...
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Veil (67 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Same as Velum, 3. 7. (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
8. (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. Int. ...
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Ordain (13 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the
office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms ...
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Lord (59401 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) The Supreme Being; Jehovah. 8. (n.) The Savior; Jesus Christ. 9. (vt)
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord. 10. ...
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Gum (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth,
and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. 2. (vt) To ...
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Girt (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Gird. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of Gird. 3. (v.) To gird; to encircle;
to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. ...
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Gird (44 Occurrences)
... girdle, bandage, etc. 8. (vt) To surround; to encircle, or encompass. 9.
(vt) To clothe; to swathe; to invest. 10. (vt) To prepare ...
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Invents (1 Occurrence)

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Greek
4016. periballo -- to throw around, put on
... From peri and ballo; to throw all around, ie Invest (with a palisade or with clothing) --
array, cast about, clothe(-d me), put on. see GREEK peri. ...
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1746. enduo -- to clothe or be clothed with (in the sense of ...
... From en and duno (in the sense of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing
(literally or figuratively) -- array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on. ...
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1982. episkiazo -- to overshadow
... From epi and a derivative of skia; to cast a shade upon, ie (by analogy) to envelop
in a haze of brilliancy; figuratively, to invest with preternatural ...
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1737. endidusko -- to put on, be clothed with
... clothe in, wear. A prolonged form of enduo; to invest (with a garment) -- clothe
in, wear. see GREEK enduo. (endiduskousin) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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294. amphiennumi -- to clothe
... clothe. From the base of amphoteros and hennumi (to invest); to enrobe --
clothe. see GREEK amphoteros. (amphiezei) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4034. perilampo -- to shine around
... shine around. From peri and lampo; to illuminate all around, ie Invest with
a halo -- shine round about. see GREEK peri. see GREEK lampo. ...
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1902. ependuomai -- to have on over
... be clothed upon. Middle voice from epi and enduo; to invest upon oneself -- be clothed
upon. see GREEK epi. see GREEK enduo. (ependusasthai) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

2. (v. t.) To put on.

3. (v. t.) To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate.

4. (v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend.

5. (v. t.) To confer; to give.

6. (v. t.) To enclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

7. (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

8. (v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

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