invented

in·vent

 (ĭn-vĕnt′)

tr.v. in·vent·ed, in·vent·ing, in·vents

1. To produce or contrive (something previously unknown) by the use of ingenuity or imagination.

2. To make up; fabricate: invent a likely excuse.

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[Latin invenīre, invent-, to find : in-, on, upon; see in-² + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·vent′i·ble adj.

in·ven′tor n.

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Thesaurus

invented

adjective

Consisting or suggestive of fiction:

fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, made-up.

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Translations

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