Associations to the word «Invent»

Wiktionary

INVENT, verb. To design a new process or mechanism.
INVENT, verb. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
INVENT, verb. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

Dictionary definition

INVENT, verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light".
INVENT, verb. Make up something artificial or untrue.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras