изобрести

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic изобрѣсти (izobrěsti), which is probably a calque of Ancient Greek εξευρίσκω (exeurískō, to invent). By surface analysis, из- (iz-) +‎ обрести́ (obrestí).

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Verb

изобрести́ (izobrestípf (imperfective изобрета́ть)

  1. to invent
  2. to devise, to contrive

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