invent

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛnt/

The English word “invent” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To design a new process or mechanism.
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
To come upon; to find; to discover.

Etymology

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).

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