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invented

/ɪnˈvɛntɪd/ adjective A2
  1. Fictional, made up, imaginary. · The invented alibi didn't stand up long.
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“And is it possible that this frightful combination of crimes has been invented by a woman?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1001 · C1
“I can lick the man that invented poverty.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
The conditions are favorable; what else was opera invented for?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 556 · C1
“He is speculating in railways,” said Lord Wilmore, “and as he is an expert chemist and physicist, he has invented a new system of telegraphy, which he is seeking to bring to perfection.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 718 · C1

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