INVENT


Meaning of INVENT in English

■ 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'.

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