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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Invent, n. Also: inwent. [e.m.E. (1555), L. inventum.] a. An invented statement, a fabrication or figment. b. A deceitful contrivance or trick, a deception. c. Literary invention or inventiveness. —a. 1578 Reg. Privy C. III. 3.
Untrew reportis and malicious inventis 1595 Waus Corr. 520.
Seing he is off mynd to trubill me only vpon his invent of falsat 1609 Black Bk. Taymouth 36.
Throch the occasione of certane fals leis and forged inventis of ane Donald Monteithb. c1590 J. Stewart 56/114.
Thay abaid all vitchit in this place Be Atlants nigromancicale inwentc. a1605 Montg. Sonn. xxix. 9.
Thy Homers style, thy Petrarchs high invent