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fabricate

[ fab-ri-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

fabricated, fabricating.
  1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct:

    The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.

  2. to make by assembling parts or sections.
  3. to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
  4. to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).


fabricate

/ ˈæɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make, build, or construct
  2. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
  3. to fake or forge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڲˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˈڲپ, adjective
  • ˌڲˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڲ···پ adjective
  • ڲ···ٴǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ڲٳܲ “made,” past participle of ڲ; fabric, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

C15: from Latin ڲ to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric
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County supervisors approved the settlement Tuesday on the threshold of a trial in the federal case, which was brought by eight plaintiffs who contended that police and prosecutors had fabricated the charges against them.

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Exiled by Astoria to the garage, Hampton fabricates his special drill as the family watches from afar.

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The next step was with the skin department, where silicon skins were fabricated and painted.

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It has said reports of atrocities were fabricated.

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Security forces said they had also recovered and destroyed two machine guns and locally fabricated shotguns.

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