AtD translation: invested in, invested by

[Mike Jing]

That's the first one. What about the second?

I found this in the OED, seems appropriate:

5. Military.
a. transitive. To surround (a town, stronghold, etc.) with a hostile force,
so as to cut off approach, escape, communication, or aid.

On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:41 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> All of the listed groups have ideological investments in different
> concepts in which Time is a Prime mover and unchangable.  If Time can be
> manipulated then their entire world views are at risk.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 8:21 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> P452.6-12   The conferees had gathered here from all around the world,
>> Russian nihilists with peculiar notions about the laws of history and
>> reversible processes, Indian swamis concerned with the effect of time
>> travel on the laws of Karma, Sicilians with equal apprehensions for the
>> principle of vendetta, American tinkers like Merle with specific
>> electromechanical questions to clear up. Their spirits all one way or
>> another invested in, invested by, the siegecraft of Time and its
>> mysteries.
>>
>> In what senses are the two "invested" used, especially the second?
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