† inventn.

Etymology: < Latin inventum, noun use of neuter of inventus , past participle of invenīre : see invent v.

Obsolete.

1. Something invented; a device, contrivance: = invention n. 6, 9.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] > an invention, device

findalOE

device1529

invention1546

invent?1567

discovery1676

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient

costOE

craftOE

custc1275

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wilea1400

conject14..

skiftc1400

policy?1406

subtilityc1410

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gadget1920

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?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cvi. 308 But they more oft rebeld: With theyr inuentes: and so for sinne: they were but iustly feld.

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 4 Many notable inuents, and works of old time, haue perished.

2. Inventive faculty: = invention n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun]

invention?a1505

imagination1509

wit-craft1573

inventa1605

contrivance1659

creativity1659

inventibility1662

inventiveness1668

originality1742

creativeness1805

constructiveness1815

construction1826

imagineering1942

a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxix Thy Homers style, thy Petrarks high invent, Sall vanquish death, and live eternally.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

inventv.

Brit.

/ɪnˈvɛnt/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈvɛnt/

Etymology: < Latin invent-, participial stem of invenīre to come upon, discover, find out, devise, contrive, < in- (in- prefix³) + venīre to come. Compare French inventer (1539 in R. Estienne).

†1. transitive. To come upon, find; to find out, discover. (Obsolete except in reference to the Invention of the Cross n. at invention n. 1b)Often implying ‘to find out or discover by search or endeavour’, and so passing into the later senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

fanda1000

finda1200

kenc1330

lenda1350

agropea1393

contrive1393

to find outc1405

outsearch?a1439

ripec1440

inventc1475

disclose?a1500

fish1531

agnize?1570

discover1585

to grope out1590

out-find1590

expiscate1598

vent1611

to learn out1629

to get to know1643

develop1653

ascertain1794

stag1796

root1866

to get a line on1903

establish1919

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)]

findOE

yfindOE

hita1075

befindc1200

out-findc1300

to try outc1325

to find outa1375

to find upc1390

ascryc1400

outwryc1400

inventc1475

vent1611

to hit off1680

discover1762

to scare up1846

to pick up1869

rumble1897

c1475 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 64 Syns that Eve was procreat owt of Adams syde, Cowd not such newels in this lond be inventyd.

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Cj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens They shuld inuent and knowe that there be two fyrste dyfferences of the functions and actions of medycyne.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xii. 68 Gold..Cadmus, as Plinie affyrmeth, found it in the mount Pangeus, in Thrace; or as some thynke, it was Thoas and Eaclis that inuented it in Panchaia.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxiiii^v Because none of their Masters were inuented culpable of thys naughtye acte, the kynge..restored them to their libertie.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg^v Florimell..Vowed neuer to returne againe, Till him aliue or dead she did inuent.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) At the beginning of the Colon, a Valve is placed..invented by Baubinus.

1738 in J. Keill Ess. Animal Oecon. (ed. 4) Pref. p. xi Inventing many Propositions concerning the Motion of the Blood.

1887 J. A. L. Riley Athos v. 71 (note) According to the popular belief amongst the Greeks it was in a bed of this tender herb [sweet basil] that Our Lord's Cross was invented.

2. To find out or produce by mental activity.

†a. To devise, contrive; to plan, plot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

forethinkc897

bethinka1225

compass1297

contrivec1330

ordain1340

conjectc1380

imaginec1380

cast1382

ordaina1387

advisec1400

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imagec1450

ordainc1450

project1477

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aimc1540

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chew1600

forelay1605

to map out1618

to cut out1619

agitate1629

laya1631

plod1631

cut1645

calculate1654

concert1702

to scheme out1716

plan1718

model1725

to rough out1738

to lay out1741

plan1755

prethink1760

shape1823

programme1834

pre-plan1847

encompass1882

target1948

1539 J. Husee Let. 9 Aug. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/5/26) f. 38 He wyll invent all menys he can to be stayed here.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 288 Throw counsell of his wyf he inuented the kings slauchtre.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 199 A plot..invented, one would imagine, not by men, but by Cacodæmons.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋14 For laboured impiety, what apology can be invented?

1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 21 And there had led Days happy as the gold coin could invent Without the aid of love.

†b. To compose as a work of imagination or literary art; to treat in the way of literary or artistic composition. Obsolete or merged in c or 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)]

setc888

adighteOE

awriteeOE

writeeOE

dightc1000

workOE

makelOE

brevea1225

ditea1300

aditec1330

indite1340

betravail1387

compone1393

saya1475

compile1477

compose1483

comprise1485

recite1523

pen1530

contex1542

invent1576

author1597

context1628

to make up1630

spawn1631

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 323 (margin) Your braine or your wit, and your pen, the one to invent and devise: the other to write.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 30 I say she neuer did inuent this letter, This is a mans inuention, and his hand.

1681 J. Oldham tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Some New Pieces never Publisht 20 Take a known Subject, and invent it well.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. C4^v A Poet is a Maker, as the word signifies: And who cannot make, that is, invent, hath his Name for nothing.

c. To devise something false or fictitious; to fabricate, feign, ‘make up’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]

forgec1386

contrivec1400

commentc1450

dissimule1483

devisea1535

invent1535

fable1553

coin1561

to make upc1650

manufacture1700

to tell the tale1717

fabricate1779

concoct1792

fob1805

mythologize1851

fabulate1856

phoney1940

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Susanna 43 I neuer dyd eny soch thinges, as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxvii^v He inuented a cause of his commyng,..to pertracte the tyme, till his men [etc.].

1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 74 [She] confessed that she had invented the news.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 100 Adeline..directed Peter to..invent some excuse for his absence.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 158 The calumnies which..he had invented to blacken the fame of Anne Hyde.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 137 His real history is well-nigh as marvellous as anything that legend could invent.

3. To find out in the way of original contrivance; to create, produce, or construct by original thought or ingenuity; to devise first, originate (a new method of action, kind of instrument, etc.). The chief current sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > invent

inventa1538

patent1900

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)]

findeOE

conceive1340

seek1340

brewc1386

divine1393

to find outc1405

to search outc1425

to find up?c1430

forgec1430

upfindc1440

commentc1450

to dream out1533

inventa1538

father1548

spina1575

coin1580

conceit1591

mint1593

spawn1594

cook1599

infantize1619

fabulize1633

notionate1645

to make upc1650

to spin outa1651

to cook up1655

to strike out1735

mother1788

to think up1855

to noodle out1950

gin1980

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 9 We schal see infynyte strange artys & craftys inventyd by mannys wyt.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. x. 78 b Dædalus..firste inuented the art of Carpentrie with these instrumentes folowyng, the Sawe, Chippe axe, and Plumline.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vi. 54 Esdras..inuented the same Hebrew Charettes which are vsed at this day.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 19 They inuented the art of printing.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. B2^v There may be yet invented several other helps for the eye.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. x. 195 Galileo invented the telescope.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xiii. 94 The Morning Chronicle had the credit..of inventing the leading article.

1883 Huxley in Academy 24 Nov. I only said I invented the word ‘agnostic’.

†4. To originate, introduce, or bring into use formally or by authority; to found, establish, institute, appoint. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish

arear?a800

astellc885

planteOE

i-set971

onstellOE

rightOE

stathelOE

raisec1175

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stablea1300

morec1300

ordainc1325

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1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iv. 139 Dominicke..inuented a newe fraternite named Dominicans, black Friers, or Friers preachers.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 23 Festiual dais in old time were inuented for recreation.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 589 Who first invented the order of the Mamalukes.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 926 That all Taxes invented during the War should be abolished.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 6 The first Tarquin, to give more Dignity to the Senate..invented Ornaments, and gave marks of Distinction.

†5. With infinitive (in senses 2 – 4): To plan, plot, devise, contrive, find out how (to do something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > try, test [verb (transitive)]

cuneOE

afondOE

found1340

searcha1382

experiment1481

experience1541

probe1542

try1545

invent1548

sound1589

to bring or put to the test1594

plumb1599

to feel out1600

essay1656

test1748

plumb-line1875

to try out1888

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxviij Euen as kyng Edward sought, inuented and studied dayly and howerly to bryng hym selfe to quietnesse.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Bi^v The Tuscanes..inuented to buylde stronglye after the maner aforsayde.

1661 O. Feltham Lusoria (1696) 64 What Pliny said of him that first invented to saw stones.

1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. Govt. Tongue in Wks. (1874) II. 41 They will invent to engage your attention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	invent
释义	† inventn. Etymology: < Latin inventum, noun use of neuter of inventus , past participle of invenīre : see invent v. Obsolete. 1. Something invented; a device, contrivance: = invention n. 6, 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] > an invention, device findalOE device1529 invention1546 invent?1567 discovery1676 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cvi. 308 But they more oft rebeld: With theyr inuentes: and so for sinne: they were but iustly feld. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 4 Many notable inuents, and works of old time, haue perished. 2. Inventive faculty: = invention n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] invention?a1505 imagination1509 wit-craft1573 inventa1605 contrivance1659 creativity1659 inventibility1662 inventiveness1668 originality1742 creativeness1805 constructiveness1815 construction1826 imagineering1942 a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxix Thy Homers style, thy Petrarks high invent, Sall vanquish death, and live eternally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † inventadj. Etymology: < Latin inventus, past participle of invenīre to invent v. Obsolete. Found out, discovered, invented adj. (Construed as past participle) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > found or discovered foundOE invent?1520 discovered1537 invented?1541 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxxv. f. 49^v For at that tyme..they were nat yet inuent. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 119 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 300 The king..A cornar of a cuntre seuerall Nocht than Invent Inhabit as it lay Gaif him be seile heretable for ay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). inventv. Brit. /ɪnˈvɛnt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛnt/ Etymology: < Latin invent-, participial stem of invenīre to come upon, discover, find out, devise, contrive, < in- (in- prefix³) + venīre to come. Compare French inventer (1539 in R. Estienne). †1. transitive. To come upon, find; to find out, discover. (Obsolete except in reference to the Invention of the Cross n. at invention n. 1b)Often implying ‘to find out or discover by search or endeavour’, and so passing into the later senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] seeOE fanda1000 finda1200 kenc1330 lenda1350 agropea1393 contrive1393 to find outc1405 outsearch?a1439 ripec1440 inventc1475 disclose?a1500 fish1531 agnize?1570 discover1585 to grope out1590 out-find1590 expiscate1598 vent1611 to learn out1629 to get to know1643 develop1653 ascertain1794 stag1796 root1866 to get a line on1903 establish1919 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] findOE yfindOE hita1075 befindc1200 out-findc1300 to try outc1325 to find outa1375 to find upc1390 ascryc1400 outwryc1400 inventc1475 vent1611 to hit off1680 discover1762 to scare up1846 to pick up1869 rumble1897 c1475 Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 64 Syns that Eve was procreat owt of Adams syde, Cowd not such newels in this lond be inventyd. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Cj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens They shuld inuent and knowe that there be two fyrste dyfferences of the functions and actions of medycyne. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. xii. 68 Gold..Cadmus, as Plinie affyrmeth, found it in the mount Pangeus, in Thrace; or as some thynke, it was Thoas and Eaclis that inuented it in Panchaia. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxiiii^v Because none of their Masters were inuented culpable of thys naughtye acte, the kynge..restored them to their libertie. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg^v Florimell..Vowed neuer to returne againe, Till him aliue or dead she did inuent. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) At the beginning of the Colon, a Valve is placed..invented by Baubinus. 1738 in J. Keill Ess. Animal Oecon. (ed. 4) Pref. p. xi Inventing many Propositions concerning the Motion of the Blood. 1887 J. A. L. Riley Athos v. 71 (note) According to the popular belief amongst the Greeks it was in a bed of this tender herb [sweet basil] that Our Lord's Cross was invented. 2. To find out or produce by mental activity. †a. To devise, contrive; to plan, plot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 1539 J. Husee Let. 9 Aug. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/5/26) f. 38 He wyll invent all menys he can to be stayed here. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 288 Throw counsell of his wyf he inuented the kings slauchtre. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 199 A plot..invented, one would imagine, not by men, but by Cacodæmons. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 77. ⁋14 For laboured impiety, what apology can be invented? 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 21 And there had led Days happy as the gold coin could invent Without the aid of love. †b. To compose as a work of imagination or literary art; to treat in the way of literary or artistic composition. Obsolete or merged in c or 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 323 (margin) Your braine or your wit, and your pen, the one to invent and devise: the other to write. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 30 I say she neuer did inuent this letter, This is a mans inuention, and his hand. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Oldham tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Some New Pieces never Publisht 20 Take a known Subject, and invent it well. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. C4^v A Poet is a Maker, as the word signifies: And who cannot make, that is, invent, hath his Name for nothing. c. To devise something false or fictitious; to fabricate, feign, ‘make up’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] forgec1386 contrivec1400 commentc1450 dissimule1483 devisea1535 invent1535 fable1553 coin1561 to make upc1650 manufacture1700 to tell the tale1717 fabricate1779 concoct1792 fob1805 mythologize1851 fabulate1856 phoney1940 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Susanna 43 I neuer dyd eny soch thinges, as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxvii^v He inuented a cause of his commyng,..to pertracte the tyme, till his men [etc.]. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 74 [She] confessed that she had invented the news. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 100 Adeline..directed Peter to..invent some excuse for his absence. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 158 The calumnies which..he had invented to blacken the fame of Anne Hyde. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 137 His real history is well-nigh as marvellous as anything that legend could invent. 3. To find out in the way of original contrivance; to create, produce, or construct by original thought or ingenuity; to devise first, originate (a new method of action, kind of instrument, etc.). The chief current sense. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > invent inventa1538 patent1900 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 9 We schal see infynyte strange artys & craftys inventyd by mannys wyt. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. x. 78 b Dædalus..firste inuented the art of Carpentrie with these instrumentes folowyng, the Sawe, Chippe axe, and Plumline. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vi. 54 Esdras..inuented the same Hebrew Charettes which are vsed at this day. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 19 They inuented the art of printing. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. B2^v There may be yet invented several other helps for the eye. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. x. 195 Galileo invented the telescope. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xiii. 94 The Morning Chronicle had the credit..of inventing the leading article. 1883 Huxley in Academy 24 Nov. I only said I invented the word ‘agnostic’. †4. To originate, introduce, or bring into use formally or by authority; to found, establish, institute, appoint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iv. 139 Dominicke..inuented a newe fraternite named Dominicans, black Friers, or Friers preachers. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 23 Festiual dais in old time were inuented for recreation. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 589 Who first invented the order of the Mamalukes. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 926 That all Taxes invented during the War should be abolished. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 6 The first Tarquin, to give more Dignity to the Senate..invented Ornaments, and gave marks of Distinction. †5. With infinitive (in senses 2 – 4): To plan, plot, devise, contrive, find out how (to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > try, test [verb (transitive)] cuneOE afondOE found1340 searcha1382 experiment1481 experience1541 probe1542 try1545 invent1548 sound1589 to bring or put to the test1594 plumb1599 to feel out1600 essay1656 test1748 plumb-line1875 to try out1888 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxviij Euen as kyng Edward sought, inuented and studied dayly and howerly to bryng hym selfe to quietnesse. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Bi^v The Tuscanes..inuented to buylde stronglye after the maner aforsayde. 1661 O. Feltham Lusoria (1696) 64 What Pliny said of him that first invented to saw stones. 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. Govt. Tongue in Wks. (1874) II. 41 They will invent to engage your attention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1567adj.?1520v.c1475
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