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Invent

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Verb

1. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

Example Sentences:
'excogitate a way to measure the speed of light'

2. cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture

make up something artificial or untrue

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Invent

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verb

1.

to create or devise (new ideas, machines, etc)

2.

to make up (falsehoods); fabricate

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Invent

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verb transitive

1.

to think up; devise or fabricate in the mind

to invent excuses

2.

to think out or produce (a new device, process, etc.); originate, as by experiment; devise for the first time

3. Archaic

to find; discover

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Invent

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tr.v. in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents

1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.

2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.

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