invent
/ɪnˈvent/verb
with obj.
1- create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of发明, 创造; 首创; 创作：
he invented an improved form of the steam engine.
他发明了改良型蒸汽机。
1.1
- make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive捏造, 编造, 虚构：
I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
我根本无需为自己的过去编造故事。
词源
late 15th cent. （in the sense 'find out， discover'）： from Latin invent- 'contrived， discovered'， from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'.