Invent
[ɪn'vent] or [ɪn'vɛnt]
Definition
(verb.) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; 'excogitate a way to measure the speed of light'.
Checker: Reginald--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To come or light upon; to meet; to find.
(v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.
(v. t.) To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Contrive (what did not before exist), devise, be the first to contrive or devise.[2]. Originate, frame, imagine, conceive, concoct.[3]. Fabricate, forge, coin.
Checker: Micawber
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Discover, contrive, concoct, imagine, elaborate, conceive, design, devise,fabricate, originate, find_out, frame, forge, feign
ANT:Imitate, copy, execute, reproduce
Edited by Daniel
Definition
v.t. to devise or contrive: to make: to frame: to fabricate: to forge.—adj. Inven′tible.—n. Inven′tion that which is invented: contrivance: a deceit: power or faculty of inventing: ability displayed by any invention or effort of the imagination.—adj. Inven′tive able to invent: ready in contrivance.—adv. Inven′tively.—ns. Inven′tiveness; Inven′tor Inven′ter one who invents or finds out something new:—fem. Inven′tress.—Invention of the Cross a festival observed on May 3 in commemoration of the alleged discovery of the true cross at Jerusalem in 326 by Helena mother of Constantine the Great.
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. Plato. The Republic.
- However, private individuals and companies continued to invent and improve, and the civil war in America revolutionised the systems of warfare and its weapons. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- That is just like the extraordinary things that foreigners invent about us. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I was able to invent names for my parents, whom I pretended to be obscure people in the province of Gelderland. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself, and be contented to stay? Jane Austen. Emma.
- He'd invent that, I'll be bound; let a nigger alone for that, any time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Jethro Tull in England shortly after invented and introduced a combined system of drilling, ploughing and cultivating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If there had been any system left to be invented they would have found it out at the universities long before this time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He had invented, he informed us, a new mixture to moisten paint with, which he described as a vehicle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was during this period of inventing a system that so much systematic and continuous work with good results was done by Edison in the design and perfection of dynamos. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Though the honor of inventing the art of wireless telegraphy is generally ascribed to Marconi, this is to give him more credit than he deserves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Our first engine compelled the inventing and making of a suitable engine indicator to indicate it--the Tabor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It has always been one of the characteristic features of Edison's method of inventing that work in several lines has gone forward at the same time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What business had his slave to be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This came to be known as the Geordie Lamp, to distinguish it from the Davy Lamp that Sir Humphrey Davy was inventing at about the same time. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- More heads are occupied in inventing the most proper machinery for executing the work of each, and it is, therefore, more likely to be invented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Invents Embossed Metal Address Plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sturgeon invents prototype of Electro Magnet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Laennec discovers Auscultation and invents Stethoscope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Crusell of St. Petersburgh invents Electric Cautery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is desirous of proclaiming that the interval between them is immeasurable, and invents a formula to give expression to his idea. Plato. The Republic.
- Professor Henry invents the Spool Electro Magnet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Edison invents Carbon Filament for Incandescent Electric Lamp. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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