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Invent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Invent? [v] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [v] make up something artificial or untrue Synonyms \| Synonyms for Invent: contrive \| cook up \| devise \| excogitate \| fabricate \| forge \| formulate \| make up \| manufacture Related Terms \| Find terms related to Invent: beget \| break ground \| break the ice \| breed \| bring forth \| bring into being \| call into being \| coin \| conceit \| conceive \| conceptualize \| concoct \| contrive \| cook up \| counterfeit \| create \| design \| determine \| develop \| devise \| discover \| dream up \| engender \| envision \| evolve \| experience imaginatively \| fabricate \| fake \| fancy \| fantasize \| fictionalize \| find \| find out \| forge \| formulate \| frame \| fudge \| generate \| get \| give being to \| give rise to \| hatch \| hatch up \| head \| head up \| hit \| hit upon \| hoke up \| hunt down \| ideate \| imagine \| improvise \| inaugurate \| initiate \| innovate \| introduce \| introduce new blood \| lead \| lead off \| lead the way \| locate \| make do with \| make innovations \| make up \| manufacture \| mature \| mint \| mold \| neologize \| neoterize \| originate \| pioneer \| plan \| precede \| procreate \| produce \| rediscover \| renew \| renovate \| revolutionize \| run down \| run to earth \| shape \| spawn \| stand first \| strike \| strike out \| suppose \| take the initiative \| take the lead \| take the plunge \| think out \| think up \| trace \| trace down \| track down \| trump up \| turn out \| vamp up See Also \| concoct \| confabulate \| create by mental act \| create mentally \| dream up \| hatch \| mythologise \| mythologize \| spin \| think of \| think up \| trump up \| vamp \| vamp up Invent In Webster's Dictionary \In*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inventing}.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See {Come}.] 1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. --Spenser. 2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine. Thus first Necessity invented stools. --Cowper. 3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood. Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See {Discover}.

Invent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Invent?

[v] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
[v] make up something artificial or untrue

Invent In Webster's Dictionary

\In*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inventing}.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come
upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to
E. come: cf. F. inventer. See {Come}.]
1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.]

         And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or
         dead she did invent.                  --Spenser.

2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to
   devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; --
   applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable
   mode, instrument, or machine.

         Thus first Necessity invented stools. --Cowper.

3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to
   forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the
   machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

         Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton.

         He had invented some circumstances, and put the
         worst possible construction on others. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

Syn: To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate;
     concoct; elaborate. See {Discover}.

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