† inventricen.
Obsolete.
= inventress n.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > invention > one who invents
inventrice1509
inventor1555
inventress1586
inventrix1604
patentee1900
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > creator or inventor > female
inventrice1509
inventress1586
inventrix1604
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxii Pouerte of all the lawes was Inuentryce, Mother vnto vertue, confonderes of vyce.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. i. 63 Virgyll wytnesseth that Ceres was firste inuentrice of it.
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