- (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up or besieging by an armed force or the state of being so surrounded.
- (n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested or that in which money is invested.
- (n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
- (n.) The act of investing or the state of being invested.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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