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Definition of Invents
1. invent [v] - See also: invent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invents
Literary usage of Invents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"invents the Steam Case or Jacket.—His first Experiments to realize these
Inventions.—Hia Experimental Apparatus.—His Models at Delft House. ..."
2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"invents marble- carving machine. — Goes to Albany. — Stephen Van Rensselaer.
— Slight encouragement in Albany. — Longing for a home. — Goes to New York. ..."
3. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"LETTER CI. Cuthbert Tunstal to Cardinal Wolsey. Intrigues against the ministers
of the King Catholick suspected. invents a Cypher which he forwards, ..."
4. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... she invents good ones for them, and you would suppose her corrupt 'little
senate' was a choir of seraphims. Lady Belfield had taken care to cover her ..."
5. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Rich—Their Money Distributed among the Poor—Robbed Rich to Feed the Poor—Nabis
invents the Murderous Manakin—An Infernal Machine in Woman's Form—Springs ..."