изобретать

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic изобрѣтати (izobrětati), which is probably a calque of Ancient Greek εξευρίσκω (exeurískō, to invent). By surface analysis, изобрет- (izobret-) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

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  • IPA(key): [ɪzəbrʲɪˈtatʲ]

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изобрета́ть (izobretátʹimpf (perfective изобрести́)

  1. to invent (design a new process or mechanism)
  2. to devise, to contrive

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