Synonym: concoct, contrive, develop, devise, make up, originate. Antonym: imitate. Similar words: invention, inventory, investment, convention, conventional, direct investment, invest, investor. Meaning: [ɪn'vent] 
v. 1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 2. make up something artificial or untrue.
v. 1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort 2. make up something artificial or untrue. 
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61 At Midvale and elsewhere, he would invent machines and other contrivances, a number of which he patented.
62 She was much too fond of Heathcliff, and the worst punishment we could invent was to keep her separate from him.
63 They were all illiterate so I had to invent my own written system for the tongue-torturing phonemes.
64 Invent a conversation which follows the same stages as that between the sergeant and the private.sentencedict.com/invent.html
65 This biological tendency is so strong that children can even invent a new language.
66 And even when logically there can be no individual item we are tempted to invent one.
67 Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche 
68 Why not invent some other legal concept or, for example, use the legal notion of partnership?
69 For a moment he thought she was going to invent some excuse.
70 I began to invent reasons for staying away from work.
71 He needed to invent a reason to travel abroad because a Marine has two years in the reserve after active duty.
72 Invention Policies help employees patent and develop new products or processes they invent.
73 The urge to invent oneself begins early and is perhaps coeval with the advent of any sort of self-consciousness.
74 If they invent little songs, we can give them blank cassettes and show them how to use the tape recorder.
75 Mira starts by drawing a genealogical tree and then proceeds to invent stories to account for it.
76 Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing. Jonathan Safran Foer
77 In order to strike the best possible bargain on setting-day the men might invent stories of difficulty and adverse conditions.
78 We invent a false name, invent a destiny, purchase a firearm through the mall.
79 Would he invent a story, tell a lie, in order to persuade her to go with him?
80 Nor did he invent that particularly intense expression of yearning called speaking in tongues.
81 His voice is measured, but I invent my own tones, the nuances of criticism.
82 We invent the spherical gear with ring involute tooth.
83 However, he did invent the lightning conductor.
84 He did invent lightning conductor.
85 Only an escapist can invent such an excuse.
86 What had led Galois to invent this theory?
87 Invent rules, set goals, pace yourself against a clock.
88 I think someone should invent a transporter, too.
89 Do you know who invent magnetic needle?
90 Charles Darwin didn't invent a belief system.
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