Clues for the word "PATENT"

We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 200 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on June 03, 2026.

Definition of patent

a. - Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
a. - Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
a. - Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.
a. - Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
a. - A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.
a. - A writing securing to an invention.
a. - A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.
a. - The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.
v. t. - To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.