ingeniate

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verb

To invent; to contrive.

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Meanings

verbingeniate (third-person singular simple present ingeniates, present participle ingeniating, simple past and past participle ingeniated)

present singular third person ingeniates · participle present ingeniating · participle past ingeniated · past ingeniated

  1. obsoleteTo invent; to contrive.

    And I must all I can ingeniate To answere for the same

    1607, Samuel Daniel, Funeral Poem Upon the Death of the Noble Earl of Devonshire

Origin

See ingenious.

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APA

ingeniate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingeniate

MLA

“ingeniate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingeniate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingeniate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingeniate.

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