INVENT

[verb] [T] - to design and/or create something which has never been made beforeThe first safety razor was invented by company founder King C. Gillette in 1903.The fax is arguably the most useful machine to be invented since the telephone.Over the past quarter century our advertising company has invented thousands of catchphrases. [T]To invent is also to create a reason, excuse, story etc. which is not true, usually to deceive someone.But I didn't invent the story - everything I told you is true.