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Disinvestiture
Disinvestiture Dis`in*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n.
The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] --Ogilvie.
Divestible
Divestible Di*vest"i*ble, a.
Capable of being divested.
Divestiture
Divestiture Di*vest"i*ture (?; 135), n.
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being
divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of
property, rights, etc.
EvestigateEvestigate E*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [L. evestigatus traced out; e
out + vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See Vestigate.]
To investigate. [Obs.] --Bailey. HarvestingHarvest Har"vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. &
vb. n. Harvesting.]
To reap or gather, as any crop. Investient
Investient In*vest"ient, a. [L. investiens, p. pr. of
investire.]
Covering; clothing. [R.] --Woodward.
InvestigableInvestigable In*ves"ti*ga*ble, a. [L. investigabilis. See
Investigate.]
Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting
research. --Hooker. InvestigableInvestigable In*ves"ti*ga*ble, a. [L. investigabilis. See
In- not, and Vestigate.]
Unsearchable; inscrutable. [Obs.]
So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the
ways thereof. --Bale. Investigate
Investigate In*ves"ti*gate, v. i.
To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make
investigation.
InvestigateInvestigate In*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] [L.
investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.]
To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and
examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
phenomena. InvestigatedInvestigate In*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] [L.
investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.]
To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and
examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
phenomena. InvestigatingInvestigate In*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] [L.
investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.]
To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and
examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
phenomena. Investigation
Investigation In*ves`ti*ga"tion, n. [L. investigatio: cf. F.
investigation.]
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.
Investigative
Investigative In*ves"ti*ga*tive, a.
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
Investigator
Investigator In*ves"ti*ga`tor, n. [L.: cf. F. investigateur.]
One who searches diligently into a subject.
InvestingInvest In*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb.
n. Investing.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in +
vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See
Vest.]
1. 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.
2. To put on. [Obs.]
Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser.
3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in
possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to
adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or
glory; to invest with an estate.
I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak.
4. To surround, accompany, or attend.
Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the
guilt. --Hawthorne.
5. To confer; to give. [R.]
It investeth a right of government. --Bacon.
6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so
as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent
escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the ?iew of
obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank
stock. Investiture
Investiture In*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf.
F. investiture.]
1. 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.
2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.
The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the
ceremony o? corporal investiture, or open delivery
of possession. --Blackstone.
3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment;
clothing; covering.
While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal
weeds. --Trench.
Investive
Investive In*vest"ive, a.
Investing. [R.] --Mir. for Mag.
P vestimentiLouse Louse (lous), n.; pl. Lice (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.
l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s,
Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it
is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,
parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now
usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group
belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head
louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P.
vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and
many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle
louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are
known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on
the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded
Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.
See Aphid.
4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See
Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;
as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
Louse fly (Zo["o]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee
louse.
Louse mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of mites
which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and
feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia,
Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several other genera. Pervestigate
Pervestigate Per*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [L. pervestigatus, p. p.
of pervestigare.]
To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]
Pervestigation
Pervestigation Per*ves`ti*ga"tion, n. [L. pervestigatio.]
Thorough investigation. [Obs.] --Chillingworth.
ReinvestigateReinvestigate Re`in*ves"ti*gate (-v?s"t?*g?t), v. t.
To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g?"sh?n),
n. ReinvestigationReinvestigate Re`in*ves"ti*gate (-v?s"t?*g?t), v. t.
To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g?"sh?n),
n. RevestiaryRevestiary Re*ves"ti*a*ry, n. [LL. revestiarium: cf. F.
revestiaire. See Revest.]
The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,
etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry. Superinvestiture
Superinvestiture Su`per*in*vest"i*ture, n.
An outer vestment or garment. [R.] --Bp. Horne.
TravestiedTravesty Trav"es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr.
& vb. n. Travesting.]
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
ridiculous or ludicrous.
I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
--Bentley. TravestiesTravesty Trav"es*ty, n.; pl. Travesties.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a
travesty of the first. --De Quincey. TravestingTravesty Trav"es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr.
& vb. n. Travesting.]
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
ridiculous or ludicrous.
I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
--Bentley.
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