invent

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This word consists of 6 letters and is spelled as "I-N-V-E-N-T". It has 2 vowels and 4 consonants.

How do you spell invent

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invent

verb

How to pronunciation invent: in-ˈvent

What does Invent Mean?

What does invent meaning in English

1. To discover; to find out; to excogitate; to produce something not made before. The substance of the service of God, so far forth as it hath in it any thing more than the law of reason doth teach, may not be invented of men, but must be received from God himself. Hooker. By their count, which lovers books invent, The sphere of Cupid forty years contains. Spenser. Matter of mirth enough, though there were none She could devise, and thousand ways invent To feed her foolish humour and vain jolliment. Fa. Queen. Woe to them that invent to themselves instruments of musick. Amos vi.
   
2. We may invent With what more forcible we may offend Our enemies. Milton. In the motion of the bones in their articulations, a twofold liquor is prepared for the inunction of their heads; both which make up the most apt mixture, for this use, that can be invented or thought upon. Ray. Ye skilful masters of Machaon ’s race, Who nature’s mazy intricacies trace, By manag’d fire and late invented eyes. Blackmore. But when long time the wretches thoughts refin’d, When want had set an edge upon their mind, Then various cares their working thoughts employ’d, And that which each invented, all enjoy’d. Creech. The ship by help of a screw, invented by Archimedes , was launched into the water. Arbuthnot.
   
3. To forge; to contrive falsely; to fabricate. I never did such things as those men have maliciously invented against me. Susan. xliii. Here is a strange figure invented, against the plain sense of the words. Stillingfleet.
   
4. To feign; to make by the imagination. I would invent as bitter searching terms, With full as many signs of deadly hate, As lean-fac’d envy in her lothsome cave. Shakespeare. Hercules ’s meeting with pleasure and virtue, was invented by Prodicus , who lived before Socrates , and in the first dawnings of philosophy. Addison’s Spectator.

Other definitions for invent

The definition of 'invent' is: to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment

How many syllables does "invent" have?

Want to know how to spell invent, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "invent consists of 2 syllables and is spelled "in-ˈvent".

Synonyms for invent:

There are synonyms for 'invent'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of 'invent':

concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up)

Some words similar to "invent"

• invente
• invents
• invert
• invest
• inventor
• inventer
• invented
• convent
• advent

The word "invent" in works of art

Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

The Stand / Stephen King

What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.

Mad Men / Matthew Weiner

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How many points in scrabble for invent

How many points is the word "invent" in Scrabble? Is "invent" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word invent is 9