v.
Pronunciation: in- ' vent
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire to come upon, find, from in- + venire to come ― more at COME
Date: 15th century
1 archaic : FIND , DISCOVER
2 : to devise by thinking : FABRICATE
3 : to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment
– in · ven · tor \ - ' ven-t ə r \ noun
– in · ven · tress \ - ' ven-tr ə s \ noun