manufacture
[man-yuh-fak-cher]
- the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells.
- the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture.
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- to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
- to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton.
- to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident.
- to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.
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Origin of manufacture
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com4. build.
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4. Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make1.
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Contemporary Examples
He finally realized that if he ever wanted to see his game in production, he would have to manufacture it himself.
Why would a system, on so many levels, manufacture hopes and ambitions designed for disappointment?
Red Band Society is content to just manufacture those emotions from the start.
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September 17, 2014
The concept is that the use of human embryonic cells in the manufacture of vaccines is the smoking gun—a major cause of autism.
The only way to manufacture ice cream in this shop is daily, by hand, in small batches.
Historical Examples
The quarrel was none of my manufacture, and it was not my business to explain it to him.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
I was impressed not so much with the speed of the manufacture as the character of the factory.
American NotesRudyard Kipling
In 1840, was commenced the manufacture of stationary and land steam engines.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
In 1863, he commenced the manufacture of white lead, on a limited scale.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Water-power was used, and the work of manufacture began at once.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
manufacture
- to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
- (tr) to invent or concoctto manufacture an excuse
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- the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
- a manufactured product
- the creation or production of anything
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Word Origin
C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for manufacture
n.
1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture, from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura, Spanish manufactura), from Latin manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + factura "a working," from past participle stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c.1600. Related: Manufactures.
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v.
1680s, from manufacture (n.). Related: Manufactured; manufacturing; manufacturable.
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