invented
v.v. to create or design something that has never existed before. You use this when someone makes a new tool, a new machine, or even a new story.
v. to create, design, or conceive of a new product, process, or idea for the first time. Transitive; requires a direct object representing the creation.
She invented a new way to recycle plastic.
The engineer invented a more efficient engine that uses half the fuel of older models.
Historians often debate whether the printing press was truly invented by a single person or if it was the inevitable result of several converging technologies.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.
He invented that he was sick.He made up that he was sick.While 'invent' can mean to create a story, 'make up' is the standard phrasal verb for creating a false excuse or lie.