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English Dictionary: Fabricate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fabricate
v
  1. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
    Synonym(s): manufacture, fabricate, construct
  2. make up something artificial or untrue
    Synonym(s): fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Fabricating}.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of
      fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica.
      See {Fabric}, {Farge}.]
      1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to
            construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
  
      2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as,
            to fabricate woolens.
  
      3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to
            fabricate a lie or story.
  
                     Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation
                     to prevailing usages.                        --Paley.
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