invest with
invest (someone) with (something)
1. To give someone or something authority. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "invest" and "with." Don't invest that madman with power!
2. To believe that someone possesses a particular trait or quality. Any time you have a crush on someone, you end up investing them with all kinds of great qualities that they don't actually have.
See also: invest
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
invest someone with something
to endow someone with something, such as power or privilege. The constitution invests the vice president with the authority to act on the president's behalf in certain conditions. The state has invested me with the authority to unite this couple in marriage.
See also: invest
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
invest with
v.
1. To grant someone some power or authority: The state invests a justice of the peace with the authority to perform marriages. I am invested with the task of fixing the computers.
2. To attribute to someone or something some enveloping or pervasive quality: I invested my friend with virtues that turned out to be products of my own imagination.
See also: invest
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- invest (someone) with (something)
- lay out for (someone or something)
- orient
- invest
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- invest (one's) time in (something)
- invest time in
- identify with
- involve with
- involve with (someone or something)