English to English
patent
('p/&/t/-/nt
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adjective (a)
- Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- an official document granting a right or privilege(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage(adj.all)Example:
Patent ductus arteriosus.
source: wordnet30 - clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment(adj.all)Example:
Patent advantages.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- obtain a patent for(verb.possession)Example:
Should I patent this invention?.
source: wordnet30 - grant rights to; grant a patent for(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- make open to sight or notice(verb.change)Example:
His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him.
source: wordnet30 - To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.(verb)source: webster1913
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