Patent vs Brazen - What's the difference?
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A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
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Patent leather]]: a [[varnish, varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
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, title= (biology) open, unobstructed, expanded.
explicit and obvious.
(of flour) that is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm
Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
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Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
Protected by a legal patent.
* Mortimer
(archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 31.
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Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable.
Shamelessly shocking and offensive; impudent; barefaced; immodest; or unblushing.
To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out'' or ''through .
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English adjectives ending in -en
As a noun patent
is .As an adjective brazen is
(archaic) pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).As a verb brazen is
to carry through in a brazen manner generally used with out'' or ''through .patent
English
(wikipedia patent)Etymology 1
Short form of (etyl) lettre patente'', "open letter", from (etyl) ''littera patens .Noun
(en noun)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
Verb
(en verb)Karen McVeigh
US rules human genes can't be patented, passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented , a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}
Etymology 2
From (etyl) patent, from (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- That is a patent ductus arteriosus.
- Those claims are patent nonsense.
- He had received instructions, both patent and secret.
- letters patent
- a patent''' right; '''patent medicines
- Madder in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity.
Derived terms
* patentlyAnagrams
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English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
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- Brazen enough to spit on one of her students during class and wipe it in with her hand.
Derived terms
* brazen age * brazen seaVerb
(en verb)- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
