Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
(verb) concoct something artificial or untrue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)
To design a new process or mechanism.
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
Synonym: make up
(obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.
• fangle
Source: Wiktionary
In*vent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing.] Etym: [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come: cf. F. inventer. See Come.]
1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser.
2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine. Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper.
3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood. Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See Discover.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.