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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pat-nt or for 10, 12–15, peyt-; especially British peyt-nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæt nt or for 10, 12–15, ˈpeɪt-; especially British ˈpeɪt nt

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Origin :
  • late 14c., "open letter or document from some authority," shortened form of Anglo-French lettre patent (also in Medieval Latin (litteræ) patentes), literally "open letter" (late 13c.), from Old French patente (see patent (adj.).
  • The Letters Patent were ... written upon open sheets of parchment, with the Great Seal pendent at the bottom ... [while] the 'Litteræ Clausæ,' or Letters Close, ... being of a more private nature, and addressed to one or two individuals only, were closed or folded up and sealed on the outside. [S.R. Scargill-Bird, "A Guide to the Principal Classes of Documents at the Public Record Office," 1891]
  • Meaning "a license covering an invention" is from 1580s.
  • As in monopolize : verb dominate, control
Example sentences :
  • This last feature was a practical drawback to the system, which was patented in 1877.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The same principle was utilised in his type-printing telegraph, patented in 1841.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • He had no money even to pay the fees necessary to get it patented.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • This was patented in 1872, and McCormick soon made it his own.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • He completed and patented his first lubricating cup in 1872.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • Each suggests a prototype of the patented forms of the 1840's.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 » by Peter C. Welsh
  • I've got some A1 inventions here, an' I want to get 'em patented.
  • Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye
  • A very useful one, patented by Cook, is supplied to all Her Majesty's ships.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • The machines we have described are by no means all that have been proposed and patented.
  • Extract from : « Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel » by Samuel William Johnson
  • "The land had not been patented to us then," answered Ruggles.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

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