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invent: Meaning and Definition of
in•vent
Pronunciation: (in-vent'), [key] ? v.t.
- to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
- to produce or create with the imagination: to invent a story.
- to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false): to invent excuses.
- to come upon; find.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.