■ verb create or design (a new device, process, etc.).
↘make up (a name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive.
Derivatives
~or noun
Origin
C15 (earlier (ME) as ~ion in the sense 'discovery'): from L. ~- , invenire 'contrive, discover'.
■ verb create or design (a new device, process, etc.).
↘make up (a name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive.
Derivatives
~or noun
Origin
C15 (earlier (ME) as ~ion in the sense 'discovery'): from L. ~- , invenire 'contrive, discover'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004