invent

in-vent · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To create or design something new that did not exist before.

  2. 2.

    To make up or fabricate something, especially a story or excuse.

Related words

Antonyms: copy, discover, imitate
See also: create, invention, inventor
Synonyms: conceive, create, devise

Etymology

From Latin invenire ("to come upon, find, discover"), from in- ("in, on") + venire ("to come"). The original sense of "discover" shifted to "create" by the 16th century.