0 past simple and past participle of invent
1 to design and/or create something that has never been made before:
2 to create a reason, excuse, story, etc. that is not true, usually to deceive someone:
I wish someone would invent an everlasting light bulb.
Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
He has invented a wholly factitious story about his past.
She tried to save face by inventing a story about being overseas at the time.
Moreover, they contend that archival documents showing the ubiquitous presence of enemies are misleading : the police invented enemies everywhere.
Conversely, cases for which an example sentence could not easily be invented were considered dubious.
A nation ' invented ' as she described it could easily be de-invented, once the external stimuli were removed.
