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invent

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(Engels)

  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
  3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
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Geërf van Middle English
inventen
In summary

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc. Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).

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