invent
invent definition
in·vent (in vent′)
transitive verb
- to think up; devise or fabricate in the mind to invent excuses
- to think out or produce (a new device, process, etc.); originate, as by experiment; devise for the first time
- Archaic to find; discover
Etymology: ME inventen < L inventus, pp. of invenire, to come upon, meet with, discover < in-, in, on + venire, to come
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