browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
more about inventing
inventing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Invent \In*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invented}; p. pr & vb n. {Inventing}.] [L. inventus p. p. of invenire to come upon to find invent; pref. in- in + venire to come akin to E. come: cf F. inventer. See {Come}.] 1. To come or light upon to meet to find [Obs.] And vowed never to return again Till him alive or dead she did invent. --Spenser. 2. 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. Thus first Necessity invented stools. --Cowper. 3. 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. Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See {Discover}.
more about inventing
This work is licensed under a
