give vs invest

To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow. 

To lead (onto or into). 

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something). 

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate. 

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.). 

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede. 

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in. 

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to. 

To devote or apply (oneself). 

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive. 

To pledge. 

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield. 

To exceed expectations. 

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.). 

To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives? 

To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something). 

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford. 

To make a present or gift of. 

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). 

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. 

To yield or collapse under pressure or force. 

To provide, as, a service or a broadcast. 

To formally give (power or authority). 

To surround, accompany, or attend. 

To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. 

To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. 

To ceremonially install someone in some office. 

To lay siege to. 

To be involved in; to form strong attachments to. 

To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). 

To make investments. 

To formally give (someone) some power or authority. 

To envelop, wrap, cover.