Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
Think up
Think up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Moore found the concept ridiculous and self-indulgent, feeling that only a writer would think up a story about a woman who fell in love with a man over the energy that came from watching him write.
Source: Intimate Artistry
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