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Definition of patent verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

patent

verb

NAmE//ˈpætnt//

patent somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they patent

he / she / it patents

past simple patented

-ing form patenting

to obtain a patent for an invention or a process

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