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<h1>Invendible</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vend"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>invendibilis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Vendible</er>.]</ety> <def>Not vendible or salable.</def> <i>Jefferson</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In*vend"i*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Invenom</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*ven"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Envenom</er>.</def>

<h1>Invent</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Invented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inventing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inventus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>invenire</ets> to come upon, to find, invent; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>venire</ets> to come, akin to E. <ets>come</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inventer</ets>. See <er>Come</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To come or light upon; to meet; to find.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did <b>invent</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Thus first Necessity <b>invented</b> stools. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; <as>as, to <ex>invent</ex> the machinery of a poem; to <ex>invent</ex> a falsehood.</as></def>

<blockquote>Whate'er his cruel malice could <b>invent</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He had <b>invented</b> some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See <er>Discover</er>.</syn>

<h1>Inventer</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vent"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who invents.</def>

<h1>Inventful</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vent"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of invention.</def>

<i>J. Gifford.</i>

<h1>Inventible</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vent"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being invented.</def>

<h1>Inventibleness</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*vent"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being inventible.</def>

<h1>Invention</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*ven"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inventio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>invention</ets>. See <er>Invent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; <as>as, the <ex>invention</ex> of logarithms; the <ex>invention</ex> of the art of printing.</as></def>

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<blockquote>As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the <b>invention</b> will be the happiness of man. <i>Tatham.</i></blockquote>