INVESTED Synonyms

• bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude

• associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

• devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

• zealous in devotion or affection

• (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

• involved in military hostilities

• reserved in advance

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

• having services contracted for

• built against or attached to a wall

• pledged to be married

• giving or marked by complete attention to

• written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document

• being in focus or brought into focus

• (of light rays) converging on a point

• of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

• connected by participation or association or use

• entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire

• emotionally involved

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• enveloped

• held or filled or in use

• seized and controlled as by military invasion

• resided in; having tenants

• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

• thrust or throw into

• devote (oneself) fully to

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• cause to be immersed

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

• surround so as to force to give up

• cause to feel distressed or worried

• harass, as with questions or requests

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

• cover as if with clothing

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• make a set of changes permanent

• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• confer a trust upon

• make an investment

• engage in or perform

• transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved

• a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

• teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

• Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu

• the head of an organized crime family

• a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov

• a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename

• put clothing on one's body

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• give or delegate power or authority to

• give qualities or abilities to

• give qualities or abilities to

• furnish with an endowment

• give qualities or abilities to

• provide with power and authority

• put a monarch on the throne