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Invent [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To find out something new; to devise something not before known; to contrive and produce something that did not before exist; as, to invent a new instrument of music; to invent a machine for spinning; to invent gunpowder. [ See Invention .]

2. To forge; to fabricate; to contrive falsely; as, to invent falsehoods.

3. To feign; to frame by the imagination; as, to invent the machinery of a poem.

4. To light on; to meet with. [This is the literal sense, but not now used.]

Invent [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.

3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

Invented [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Found out; devised; contrived; forged; fabricated.

Invented [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Inventer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who invents.

Inventful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of invention.

Inventible [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being invented.

Inventibleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quality of being inventible.

Inventing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Finding out what was before unknown; devising or contriving something new; fabricating.

Inventing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Invention [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The action or operation of finding out something new; the contrivance of that which did not before exist; as the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing; the invention of the orrery. invention differs from discovery. invention is applied to the contrivance and production of something that did not before exist. Discovery brings to light that which existed before, but which was not know. We are indebted to invention for the thermometer and barometer. We are indebted to discovery for the knowledge of the isles in the Pacific ocean, and for the knowledge of galvanism, and many species of earth not formerly known. This distinction is important, though not always observed.

2. That which is invented. The cotton gin is the invention of Whitney; the steam boat is the invention of Fulton. The Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders are said to be inventions of the Greeks; the Tuscan and Composite are inventions of the Latins.

3. Forgery; fiction. Fables are the inventions of ingenious men.

4. In painting, the finding or choice of the objects which are to enter into the composition of the piece.

5. In poetry, it is applied to whatever the poet adds to the history of the subject.

6. In rhetoric, the finding and selecting of arguments to prove and illustrate the point in view.

7. The power of inventing; that skill or ingenuity which is or may be employed in contriving any thing new. Thus we say, a man of invention

8. Discovery; the finding of things hidden or before unknown. [Less proper.]

Invention [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.

2. That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention.

3. Thought; idea.

4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.

5. The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.

6. The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.

Inventious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Inventive.

Inventive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Able to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as an inventive head or genius.

Inventive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.

Inventor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who finds out something new; one who contrives and produces any thing not before existing; a contriver. The inventors of many of the most useful arts are not known.

Inventor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

Inventorial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to an inventory.

Inventorially [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the manner of an inventory.

Inventoried [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inserted or registered in an inventory.

Inventoried [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Inventories [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Inventory [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An account, catalogue or schedule of all the goods and chattels of a deceased person. In some of the United States, the inventory must include an account of the real as well as the personal estate of the deceased.

2. A catalogue of movables.

3. A catalogue of account of particular things. [An indefinite use of the word.]

Inventory [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue or schedule of; as, to inventory the goods and estate of the deceased.

2. To insert or register in an account of goods.

Inventory [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business.

Inventory [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock.

Inventorying [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Inventress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A female that invents.

Inventress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A woman who invents.

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16 KJV and 5 BSB verses contain “Invent”

Exodus 38:21

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.

Ezra 1:9

And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,

Nehemiah 6:8

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Psalms 99:8

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

Psalms 106:29

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

Psalms 106:39

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Proverbs 8:12

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Amos 6:5

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Romans 1:30

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

2 Esdras 6:5

And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:

2 Esdras 8:27

Regard not the wicked inventions of the heathen, but the desire of those that keep thy testimonies in afflictions.

2 Esdras 13:37

And this my Son shall rebuke the wicked inventions of those nations, which for their wicked life are fallen into the tempest;

2 Esdras 15:48

Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,

2 Esdras 16:63

Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.

Wisdom of Solomon 14:12

For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.

Wisdom of Solomon 15:4

For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter’s fruitless labour;

Susanna 1:43

Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.