v. t.
And vowed never to return again,
Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.
n. One who invents. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of invention. J. Gifford. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being invented. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being inventible. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See Invent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As the search of it [ truth ] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man. Tatham. [ 1913 Webster ]
We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
Filling their hearers
With strange invention. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Invention of the cross (Eccl.),
a. Inventive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. inventif. ] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients;
n. [ L.: cf. F. inventeur. ] One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices, new drugs, new processes, or other useful objects or procedures. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
a. Of or pertaining to an inventory. --