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† inˈventious, a. Obs. [f. invention, as if on a L. type *inventiōsus: see -ous.] Having or showing a power of invention; inventive.
1591F. Sparry tr. Cattan's Geomancie 107 The man is wise and inuentious, and especially about warres. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. ii. ii, Thou art a fine inventious Rogue. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy i. xiv, Persuaded such a high inuentious straine Could not proceed from any Mortals braine. 1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §277. 75 Hee that easily apprehendeth a thing [is] ingenious; hee that deviseth, inventious. |