invenit

American  

[in-wey-nit, in-vey-nit] / ɪnˈweɪ nɪt, ɪnˈveɪ nɪt /

Latin.

1. he invented it; she invented it. inv.

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invenit

I contrive, he executes—Sir Abel invenit, Bob fecit.

From Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Morton, Thomas

It has not been ascertained what became of these elegant additions, but the work afterwards appeared without them, and with the additional mark i. on every print, and intended for Holbein invenit.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry, embellished by Dryden, "lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit."

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

Another, and often more puzzling uncertainty, may arise out of the practice of adding to the ordinary letters of the name, the initials F, P, D, or I—representing fecit, pinxit, delineavit, or invenit.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by Chambers, William