Antonyms for invent


Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-vent
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɛnt


Definition of invent

Origin :
  • late 15c., "find, discover," a back-formation from invention or else from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire "to come upon; devise, discover" (see invention). Meaning "make up, think up" is from 1530s, as is that of "produce by original thought." Related: Invented; inventing.
  • verb create, think up
  • verb fabricate
Example sentences :
  • I should be b-a-d, and I should sit up nights to invent new ways of evil.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I will move detachments and advance brigades, and invent strategy.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • What could she invent, so to be before him in giving her charity?
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "That's as good a description of him as you could invent," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • A telegraph operator, in their eyes, has no business to invent.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • His efforts to invent had been ridiculed and discountenanced.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • With her appearance at C——-, commenced all that surmise could invent.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It was necessary, then, to invent a motive to excuse his return to 9, Frognall Street.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • A man can be a worse hell to himself, than any hell they can invent to put him into.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Why that fellow, Lewsome, can invent 'em for you by the score.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for invent

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