Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To clothe.
- To put into possession, as of an office.
- noun Investiture; investment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To clothe; to invest; to install.
- noun obsolete Investiture; investment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
clothe ; toinvest .
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Examples
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I am not going to the investure (nursling boy at home) but I am going to (an Episcopal)clergy meeting today with an outfit prepared with peacebang in mind--and with sleeves tailored to FIT my short arms and shoes appropriate to the occasion.
PB Goes Bye-Bye To NYC PDQ PeaceBang 2006
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Chapter Sixty I invested six days arranging my own investure of Dejagore.
Dreams of Steel Cook, Glen 1990
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All questions legal and otherwise, ensuing from this investure, must be settled on your arrival at the United States of America.
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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That the first-named nobleman joined the party of Gustavus before the end of the year we know from his letter of thanks for a fief of which he received the investure.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The Mantuans now founded a republican government, having unlimited immunities and privileges from the Emperor, whose power over them extended merely to the investure of their consuls.
Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878
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Peter is here evidently speaking about a future manifestation of absolute exemption from all the ills that flesh and spirit are heir to, and radiant investure with all the good that humanity can put on, which lies beyond the great barrier of this mortal life.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Extending the examination, I found the bladder to be ruptured, and that the fluid of which I have spoken was to a large extent composed of urine, mingled with some other secretion from the peritoneal investure of the abdomen and its viscera, probably produced from the presence of an irritant, the urine being brought into direct contact with the membrane.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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- v - through sordid counting-house and sadder madhouse; and who knew also, better than any one since has ever known, how to envisage and investure that exquisite Self of his, sweet, quaint sprite that it was, in an essay.
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But I may not kneel to take investure of your noble gift, my Lord Abbot, being a man determined to seek my fortune otherwise.”
The Monastery 2008
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But I may not kneel to take investure of your noble gift, my Lord Abbot, being a man determined to seek my fortune otherwise. "
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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