invent
verb (used with object)
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance.
well-invented
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a word derived from
invent.
Example Sentences
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But even if the anecdote be not well-invented, the invitation must have been more jest than earnest.
From De Libris: Prose and Verse by Austin Dobson
All this, looked upon as a well-invented fiction in “Shirley,” was written down by Charlotte with streaming eyes; it was the literal true account of what Emily had done.
From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Both well knew the pranks of the boys, but perhaps they found the message well-invented if not true; for they obeyed with secret alacrity, although Sally made a becoming show of reluctance.
From The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor
A certain portion of moral instruction must accompany every well-invented narrative.
From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson
He, full of fraudful arts, This well-invented tale for truth imparts: 'Ye lamps of heav'n!' he said, and lifted high His hands now free, 'thou venerable sky!
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
