Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: invent – inviolable
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invent (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. invenīre, come upon, discover, devise.]
Create or devise something new or previously unknown.
invention, n. [OFr < L. inventiōnem < invenire, come upon, discover.] (webplay: art, Greeks, known, logarithm).
Something created or discovered which was not previously known; that which is invented.
inversion, n. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: change, commons, first, turning).
Contrary rule of operation; change of natural order; turning backward.
invest (-ed, -s), v. [Fr. < L. investīre, clothe, cover, surround.] (webplay: escape, grace, light).
- Array; clothe.
- Give permanently in return for money.
- Enclose and surround as to prevent escape.
- Adorn or grace.
investigate (-d, investigating), v. [L. investīgāre, track, trace out.] (webplay: careful, nature).
Examine or study closely.
investment (-'s), n. [L. investīre, clothe, vest.]
Long term commitment or interest toward something or someone.
invigorate (-d), v. [Fr. < L. invigōrāre.]
Animate; give life to; provide energy for.
invincible, adj. [Fr. < L. invincibilis.]
Unconquerable; insurmountable; [fig.] closed; fortified.
invincibly, adv. [see invincible, adj.]
Absolutely; resolutely; immovably; inexorably; in an irrevocable manner.
inviolable, adj. [Fr. < L. inviolābilis; from in and violābilis, do violence to; violate.]
Not to be broken; unbreakable.