invent
verb
[ ɪnˈvɛnt ]
• create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.
• "he invented an improved form of the steam engine"
Similar:
originate,
create,
innovate,
design,
devise,
contrive,
formulate,
develop,
conceive,
think up,
come up with,
hit on,
mastermind,
pioneer,
discover,
find,
coin,
mint,
dream up,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.
