fabricate

[fab-ri-keyt]

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verb (used with object), fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing.

to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
to make by assembling parts or sections.
to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).

to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).

Origin of fabricate

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin fabricātus made, past participle of fabricāre. See fabric, -ate¹

Related formsfab·ri·ca·tive, adjectivefab·ri·ca·tor, nounqua·si-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjectiveun·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjectivewell-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective

Synonym study

1. See manufacture.

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Examples from the Web for fabricate

Contemporary Examples

He could fabricate myths that did not seem manufactured but felt real enough to explain the mysteries of your own existence.
García Márquez Showed Us How Great Fiction Could Be
Malcolm Jones
April 18, 2014
She was then publicly named and forced to take part in a press conference, saying she had been bribed to fabricate the claim.
Somalia Jails Woman and Journalist Over Soldier Rape Claims
Laila Ali
February 9, 2013
The samples for his fall 2009 collection alone cost about $1 million to fabricate.
Redesigning Their Lives
Renata Espinosa
June 4, 2009

Historical Examples

That the spy will fabricate his information is a mere commonplace.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
Who forged the lie could fabricate this too:— But hold, it is ingeniously done.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
Various
What few of the prints I saw yesterday will fabricate, and the fabrications will work.
The Galaxy Primes
Edward Elmer Smith
Why not fabricate her own raw silk, and send it to market ready for wear?
East of Suez
Frederic Courtland Penfield
Of course he was compelled to fabricate a statement in reply.
Nero
Jacob Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for fabricate

fabricate

verb (tr)

to make, build, or construct
to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
to fake or forge

Derived Formsfabrication, nounfabricative, adjectivefabricator, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric

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Word Origin and History for fabricate

v.

mid-15c., "to fashion, make, build," from Latin fabricatus, past participle of fabricare "make, construct, fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric). In bad sense of "to tell a lie," etc., it is recorded by 1779. Related: Fabricated; fabricating.

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Examples from the Web for fabricate

Contemporary Examples

He could fabricate myths that did not seem manufactured but felt real enough to explain the mysteries of your own existence.

She was then publicly named and forced to take part in a press conference, saying she had been bribed to fabricate the claim.

The samples for his fall 2009 collection alone cost about $1 million to fabricate.

Historical Examples

That the spy will fabricate his information is a mere commonplace.

Who forged the lie could fabricate this too:— But hold, it is ingeniously done.

What few of the prints I saw yesterday will fabricate, and the fabrications will work.

Why not fabricate her own raw silk, and send it to market ready for wear?

Of course he was compelled to fabricate a statement in reply.

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Word Origin and History for fabricate

v.

Origin of fabricate