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Something invented.
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I'm afraid there was no burglar. It was all the housekeeper's invention.
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The act of inventing.
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The invention of the printing press was probably the most significant innovation of the medieval ages.
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The capacity to invent.
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It took quite a bit of invention to come up with a plan, but we did it.
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A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
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I particularly like the inventions in C-minor.
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The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.
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That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.