apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable
(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; “the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields”; “evident hostility”; “manifest disapproval”; “patent advantages”; “made his meaning plain”; “it is plain that he is no reactionary”; “in plain view”; “a palpable lie”
patent
(adjective) (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; “patent ductus arteriosus”
patent, patent of invention
(noun) a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
patent, letters patent
(noun) an official document granting a right or privilege
patent
(verb) make open to sight or notice; “His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him”
patent
(verb) obtain a patent for; “Should I patent this invention?”
patent
(verb) grant rights to; grant a patent for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
patent (plural patents)
A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
License; formal permission.
Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)
To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
patent (comparative more patent, superlative most patent)
(biology) Open, unobstructed, expanded.
Explicit and obvious.
(of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
Protected by a legal patent.
• (explicit, obvious): express, monosemous, unambiguous; see also explicit or obvious
• (open, unconcealed): overt
• Patten, patten, pĂ©t-nat
Source: Wiktionary
Pat"ent (pât"ent or pat"ent), a. Etym: [L. patens, -entis, p.pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. Fathom.]
1.
Note: (Oftener pronounced pat"ent in this sense)
Definition: Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley.
2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. Mortimer.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
– Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents.
– Patent right. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives.
– Patent rolls, the registers, or records, of patents.
Pat"ent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. patente. See Patent, a.]
1. A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party. Specifically: (a) A writing securing to an invention. (b) A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands. Four other gentlemen of quality remained mentioned in that patent. Fuller.
Note: In the United States, by the act of 1870, patents for inventions are issued for seventeen years, without the privilege of renewal except by act of Congress.
2. The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent. If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend. Shak.
Pat"ent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patented; p. pr. & vb. n. Patenting.]
Definition: To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
