Related Words for invent

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contrive
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Verb, Verb
fabricate
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Verb, Verb
formulate
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Verb, Verb
devise
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Verb, Verb
manufacture
xx/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
forge
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Noun, Verb
cook up
//
Phrase, Verb
make up
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Phrase, Verb
concoct
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Verb
reinvent
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Verb
create
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Verb
construct
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Verb
enact
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Verb
propose
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Verb
innovate
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Verb
brainstorm
/x
Noun
deconstruct
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Verb
implement
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Verb
promulgate
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Verb
reformulate
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Verb
redefine
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Verb
adapt
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Verb
reinterpret
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Verb
recreate
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Verb
incorporate
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Verb
reimagine
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Verb
conjure
/x
Verb
codify
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Verb
endow
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Verb
popularize
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Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
propound
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Verb
improvise
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Verb
procure
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Verb
attempt
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Noun
employ
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Verb
revolutionize
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Verb
commercialize
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Verb
conceptualize
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Verb
envision
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Verb
imitate
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Verb
inventions
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Noun
reconstruct
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Verb
inventive
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Adjective
instigate
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Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
utilize
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Verb
trying
/x
Verb
subvert
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Verb
allow
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Verb
unearth
x/
Verb
posit
/x
Verb
resurrect
xx/
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
alter
/x
Verb
reenact
xx/
Verb
legislate
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Verb
supplant
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Verb
theorize
/xx
Verb
initiate
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Verb
hypothesize
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Verb
make
/
Verb
utilise
x/x
Verb
reconfigure
xx/x
Verb
teach
/
Verb
impose
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Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
pretend
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Verb
displace
x/
Verb
institutionalize
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Verb
define
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Verb
generate
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Verb
legitimize
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Verb
simulate
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Verb
synthesize
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Verb
inaugurate
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Verb
inventors
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Noun
foresee
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Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
envisage
x/x
Verb
perpetrate
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Verb
entrench
x/
Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
manage
/x
Verb
orchestrate
/xx
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb
combine
/x
Verb
seek
/
Verb
derive
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Verb
replicate
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Noun
fashioning
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Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
furnish
/x
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
reshape
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Verb
perpetuate
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Verb
engender
x/x
Verb
prescribe
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Verb
contemplate
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Verb
curtail
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Verb
foment
/x
Verb
conceptualise
x/x/
Verb
forbid
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Verb
uses
/x
Noun
interpret
x/x
Verb
characterise
xxx/x
Verb
modify
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Verb
tweak
/
Noun
predict
x/
Verb
transform
x/
Verb
reprogram
x/x
Verb
endeavoring
x/xx
Verb
automate
/xx
Verb
assign
x/
Verb
conceive
x/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
exploit
/x
Verb
sidestep
/x
Verb
unveil
x/
Verb
detect
x/
Verb
come up with
///
Phrase, Verb
think up
//
Phrase, Verb
instrument
/xx
Noun
start
/
Noun
mint
/
Noun
think of
/x
Phrase, Verb
patent
/x
Noun, Verb
dream up
//
Phrase, Verb
design
x/
Noun
engineer
/x/
Noun
engine
/x
Noun
make shift
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
imagine
x/x
Verb
carve
/
Verb
concept
/x
Noun
plan
/
Noun
cook
/
Noun
lay out
//
Phrase, Verb
strategize
/xx
Verb
script
/
Noun
craft
/
Noun
bring forth
//
Phrase, Verb
crudest
/x
Adjective
mousetrap
/x
Noun
pretexts
/x
Noun
falsehoods
/x
Noun
excuses
x/x
Noun
spellings
/x
Noun
gadget
/x
Noun
arousing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
artfully
/xx
Adverb
banal
x/
Adjective
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
cite
/
Verb, Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
destroy
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Verb
dime
/
Noun, Verb
dissimilar
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Adjective, Noun
edison
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Name
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
guess
/
Verb, Noun
innocuous
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Adjective
lie
/
Verb, Noun
light bulb
//
Phrase, Noun
machine
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Noun, Verb
meaningless
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Adjective
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
myriad
/xx
Adjective, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
nonstandard
x/x
Adjective, Noun
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
perceive
x/
Verb
pioneer
xx/
Noun, Verb
produce
x/
Verb, Noun
provoking
x/x
Adjective, Noun
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
scientist
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Noun
simpler
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Noun
spin
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Noun, Verb
suggest
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Verb
telephone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
these
/
trivial
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Adjective, Noun
trump up
//
Phrase, Verb
unconnected
xx/x
Adjective
vamp
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
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Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun