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invent definition

in·vent (in vent′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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