invent

(Английский)

  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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Произносится как (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɛnt/
Этимология (Английский)

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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