invent

verb3

1. •
   To design a new process or mechanism.

   • After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
2. •
   To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   • I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
   • We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
3. •
   (no longer used) To come upon; to find; to discover.

   • Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...]. — 1590