invest sb with sth
formal — phrasal verb with invest /ɪnˈvest/ verb [I or T]Definition
› to give authority or power to someone: Our government has invested the minister for trade with all the necessary powers to resolve the dispute.Giving, providing and supplying
(Definition of invest sb with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- accommodate verb (SUIT)
- administer verb (GIVE)
- administration noun (GIVING)
- assign verb (CHOOSE)
- assign verb (GIVE LEGALLY)
- assignment noun
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- gimme
- give sth back phrasal verb
- give sth in phrasal verb
- give sth over to sth/sb phrasal verb
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- purveyor noun
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