Hyphenation of patents

Are you trying to hyphenate patents? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

patents

Definitions of patents:

1.
A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2.
An official document granting a right or privilege
3.
Obtain a patent for
Should I patent this invention?
4.
Grant rights to
Grant a patent for
5.
Make open to sight or notice
His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
6.
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open
Affording free passage Patent ductus arteriosus
7.
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields Evident hostility Manifest disapproval Patent advantages Made his meaning plain It is plain that he is no reactionary In plain view

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