INVESTOR
In*vest"or, n.
Defn: One who invests.
INVESTURE
In*ves"ture, n.
Defn: Investiture; investment. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
INVESTURE
In*ves"ture, v. t.
Defn: To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] "Monks . . . investured in their copes." Fuller.
INVETERACY
In*vet"er*a*cy, n. Etym: [From Inveterate.]
1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; — usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.
2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons. Guardian.
INVETERATE In*vet"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. inveteratus, p. p. of inveterare to render old; pref. in- in + vetus, veteris, old. See Veteran.]