transitive verb

1. to think up; devise or fabricate in the mind to invent excuses
2. to think out or produce (a new device, process, etc.); originate, as by experiment; devise for the first time
3. Archaic to find; discover

Etymology: ME inventen < L inventus, pp. of invenire, to come upon, meet with, discover < in-, in, on + venire, to come