the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (intransitive)] (3)
absol. and intransitive. To make fictitious statements; to indulge in fiction. Obsolete.
intransitive. To give a fictional version (of actual happenings).
transitive and intransitive. To feign; to fictionize; to admit of being fictionized. rare.