Definition of Invent

1. Verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. "Did he invent his major works over a short period of time?"; "Excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"


2. Verb. Make up something artificial or untrue.

Definition of Invent

1. v. t. To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

Definition of Invent

1. Verb. To design a new process or mechanism. ¹

2. Verb. To create something fictional for a particular purpose. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Invent

1. to devise originally [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Invent

1. 1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. "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) Synonym: To discover, contrive, devise, frame, design, fabricate, concoct, elaborate. See Discover. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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