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Definition of patent verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

patent

verb
 
/ˈpætnt/,
 
/ˈpeɪtnt/
 
/ˈpætnt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they patent
 
/ˈpætnt/,
 
/ˈpeɪtnt/
 
/ˈpætnt/
he / she / it patents
 
/ˈpætnts/,
 
/ˈpeɪtnts/
 
/ˈpætnts/
past simple patented
 
/ˈpætntɪd/,
 
/ˈpeɪtntɪd/
 
/ˈpætntɪd/
past participle patented
 
/ˈpætntɪd/,
 
/ˈpeɪtntɪd/
 
/ˈpætntɪd/
-ing form patenting
 
/ˈpætntɪŋ/,
 
/ˈpeɪtntɪŋ/
 
/ˈpætntɪŋ/
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  1. patent something to obtain a patent for an invention or a process
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.
See patent in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee patent in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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