[in.vent] vt [ME, fr. L inventus, pp. of invenire to come upon, find, fr. in- + venire to come--more at come] (15c) 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 n -- in.ven.tress n