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A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.

The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.

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.

Covering; clothing. [R.] Woodward.

Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.

ire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.

The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.

One who searches diligently into a subject.

The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh.

Investing. [R.] Mir. for Mag.

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

One who invests.

Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]

Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

To invest again or anew.

To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.

The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe. Her, nathless, . . . the enchanterrevest and decked with due habiliments. Spenser.