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.).

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Origin of fabricate

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

Related forms

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

well-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective

Synonym study

1. See manufacture.

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Examples from the Web for fabricated

Ergo if the finest minds at Breitbart can't find him, Dunham's story must be fabricated.
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It is 32 pages long and looks like it was fabricated during the Civil War.
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Examination instantly detected the spurious character of the deed, which had been fabricated by the attorney.
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The doctor gave me a cigar tube which a Samoyede fabricated from a small bone of the mammoth.
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All kinds of dainty trifles were fabricated by willing fingers, and the Entertainment Guild seemed to be practising incessantly.
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The opening which has been fabricated in the seam is thus securely closed, and nothing amiss can be seen.
Sharps and Flats|John Nevil Maskelyne
The cover image has been fabricated and is placed in the public domain.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux

British Dictionary definitions for fabricated

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 for fabricate

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

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Word Origin and History for fabricated

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.

fabricate

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

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