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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryin·vent \in-ˈvent\ 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 century1. archaic : find, discover2. to devise by thinking : fabricate3. to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment• in·ven·tor \-ˈven-tər\ noun• in·ven·tress \-ˈven-trəs\ nounOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ inventin·vent / in5vent / verb[VN] 1. to produce or design sth that has not existed before 发明；创造: Who invented the steam engine? 谁发明了蒸汽机？ 2. to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people 编造；揑造；虚构: What excuse did he invent this time? 他这次编了什么藉口？ Many children invent an imaginary friend. 很多儿童都有一个假想朋友。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishinvent verb PHRASES newly invented using the then newly invented automatic rifle Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb Synonyms: CONTRIVE 2, concoct, cook (up), devise, dream up, formulate, frame, hatch (up), make up, vamp (up) Related Words: conceive, envision, imagine; create, mint, produce, turn out; inaugurate, initiateWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedin·vent\ə̇nˈvent\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English inventen, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire, from in- in- (II) + venire to come — more at come1. : to search out or come upon : find, discover < must invent beds for them — Frederick Way > < this polymer was invented in England and is an outgrowth of earlier research — Leonard Maner & Harry Wechsler >2. : to think up or imagine : concoct mentally : fabricate < his fund of knowledge seemed inexhaustible, for what he didn't know he invented — Alvin Redman > < preparing in his mind the harshest response he could invent — W.F.Davis >3. : to create or produce for the first time : be the author of :devise, originate < he invented and secured a patent … for a rock-boring machine — B.A.Soule > < if the Semitic letters were not derived from Egypt they must have been invented by the Phoenicians — Edward Clodd > < invented an ingenious kind of ball game — Margaret Bean > < has invented plenty of good tunes of his own — Sigmund Spaeth >4. obsolete : found, establish, institute, initiate < festival days in old time were invented for recreation — John Northbrooke >Synonyms: see contrive

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