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| build a better mousetrap |
to invent or make a better product, esp. better than an old familiar one. |
| coin |
to invent or make up (a word or expression). [1/5 definitions] |
| coinvent |
combined form of invent. |
| concoct |
to make untruthfully or evasively; invent; contrive. [1/2 definitions] |
| design |
to conceive; invent. [1/11 definitions] |
| devise |
to invent or make (a plan, device, or solution of a problem), esp. by a fresh application of known information; arrange; contrive. [1/3 definitions] |
| fabricate |
to invent with the intention of deceiving; make up. [1/3 definitions] |
| forge1 |
to invent, fabricate, or imitate for fraudulent purposes. [1/7 definitions] |
| formulate |
to devise, invent, or develop in a clear or methodical way. [1/3 definitions] |
| invention |
the ability or capacity to invent, devise, originate, or imagine; inventiveness. [1/5 definitions] |
| machinate |
to invent, plot, scheme, or devise artfully, esp. with malicious intent. |
| make up |
to invent (a story, excuse, or the like) using one's mind. [1/7 definitions] |
| manufacture |
to invent; make up. [1/7 definitions] |
| mint2 |
to specially invent or coin. [1/5 definitions] |
| sloganeer |
to invent or use slogans, as in advertising or campaigning. [1/2 definitions] |
| think of |
to use the mind to invent (a story, excuse, example, or the like); think up. [1/3 definitions] |
| think up |
to use the mind to invent (a story, excuse, or the like). |
| vamp1 |
in music, to invent or improvise. [1/7 definitions] |
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