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Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.

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  1. a. Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius.
  2. adj. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
  3. Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. -- In*vent"ive*ly, adv. -- In*vent"ive*ness, n.
  4. Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready atexpedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden.-- In*vent"ive*ly, adv.-- In*vent"ive*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action