fabricate
[ fab-ri-keyt ]
/ ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt /
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.).
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1. See manufacture.
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fabricate
/ (ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt) /
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 for fabricate
C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric
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Word Origin and History for fabricate
fabricate
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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