'Invented' definitions:
Definition of 'Invented'
From: GCIDE
- Invent \In*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See Come.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thus first Necessity invented stools. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. --Sir W. Scott.
- Syn: To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See Discover. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'invented'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- coined,
- conceived,
- concocted,
- cooked-up,
- discovered,
- fabricated,
- fabulous,
- fancied,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- figmental,
- forged,
- hatched,
- legendary,
- made-up,
- manufactured,
- minted,
- mythical,
- new-minted,
- originated,
- put-up,
- trumped-up