invent

Meaning

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• fangle

Origin

• From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō, from in + veniō; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.