invent

/ɪnˈvent/ verb [T]

Definition

NEW › to design or create something that has never existed before: We've invented a new game.

DECEIVE › to think of a story or explanation in order to deceive someone: She invented an excuse to leave.

(Definition of invent verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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