Invent
Initiate
Initiate verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: no one knows who initiated written language
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Initiate and Invent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/invent/initiate
Invent & Initiate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/invent/initiate>.
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