invent, invention, Inventory Latin inventio

Edward Said (薩義德)《人文主義與民主批評‧ 作家和知識分子的公共角色》朱生堅譯，北京：三聯， 2013，頁161：

"invent"依  inventio (Latin) 修辭學義，強調再度發現，或過去成果之重新組合；而"invention"為浪漫用法，表示從草稿中創造出某東西，即某人從已知的歷史和社會事實設想出更好的情形。底下的牛津網路詞典則無此分別。
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invent 

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛnt/ 

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of:he invented an improved form of the steam engine

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1.1Make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive someone:I did not have to invent any tales about my past

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Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'find out, discover'): from Latin invent- 'contrived, discovered', from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'.

invention 

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1The action of inventing something, typically a process or device:the invention of printing in the 15th century

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1.1[COUNT NOUN] Something, typically a process or device, that has been invented:medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel

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1.2Creative ability:his powers of invention were rather limited

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1.3[COUNT NOUN] Something fabricated or made up:you know my story is an invention

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1.4Used as a title for a short piece of music:Bach’s two-part Inventions

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Middle English (in the sense 'finding out, discovery'): from Latin inventio(n-), from invenire'discover' (see invent).

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• ‘Finding out, discover’ rather than creating is the base sense of invention, which comes from Latininvenire ‘discover, come upon’ from in-‘into, upon’, and venire ‘come’. Inventory (Late Middle English) ‘a list of what is found’ is from the same source.