invent

Definitions

1. verb

   To design a new process or mechanism.

   Examples

   • After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
   • Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war
   ≈conceive
2. verb

   To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   Examples

   • I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
   • We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
   ≈make up≈manufacture≈spin
3. verb

   To come upon; to find; to discover.

   Example

   • Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].