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   In·vent

   /inˈvent/

   

   verb

   • 1. create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of: "he invented an improved form of the steam engine" Similar originatecreateinnovatedesigndevisecontriveformulatedevelopconceivethink upcome up withhit onmastermindpioneerdiscoverfindcoinmintinformal:dream up
   • ▪ make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone: "I did not have to invent any tales about my past" Similar make upfabricateconcocthatchdream uptrump upmanufactureinformal:cook up

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.

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