Engineer and Invent

Engineer

Engineer verb - To plan out usually with subtle skill or care.

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Invent and engineer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invent" instead a verb "Engineer".

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

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Engineer and invent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engineer" instead a verb "Invent".

device	engineer device	invent device
devices	engineer devices	invent devices
way	engineer way	invent way
technology	engineer technology	invent technology
Other words: world, cure, tech, weapons, technologies.

The biggest example is Andy Good, an innocent computer engineer who will one day invent SkyNet, who gets shot (though Sarah's pretty upset about it).

Source: Shoot The Dog / Live-Action TV
Ryan Stone, a medical engineer and "mission specialist" astronaut who is upgrading the Hubble telescope with a special piece of technology that she helped to invent.

Source: The Main Characters Do Everything
After you run out of licensed manufacturing runs, you'll have to invent or reverse engineer the blueprint again.

Source: Reinventing the Wheel

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