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    pat·ent
    noun[ˈpatnt, ˈpadənt]
    patent (noun) · patents (plural noun)
    1. a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention. Compare with letters patent.
      "he took out a patent for an improved steam hammer"
    2. patent leather:
      "designs in a wide range of textures featuring super-chic patent, soft suede, or sophisticated nappa" · "he wore black trousers and black patent shoes"
    adjective
    patent (adjective)
    1. made and marketed under a patent; proprietary:
      "patent milk powder"
    2. medicine
      (of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close:
      "the patient is usually left with a patent vessel"
      • (of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or feces:
        "there are a few recorded cases of patent infection in man"
    verb[ˈpatnt, ˈpadənt]
    patent (verb) · patents (third person present) · patented (past tense) · patented (past participle) · patenting (present participle)
    1. obtain a patent for (an invention):
      "an invention is not your own until it is patented"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.
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