invent

/in-ˈvent/

Middle English, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire to come upon, find, from in- + venire to come

verb

  1. to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment

  2. to devise by thinking : fabricate

  3. find, discover

verb

  1. to invent (something) with one or more other people

… tells us much about Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the restlessly creative oceanographer-cinematographer who … coinvented the Aqua-Lung in 1943 …