Fabricate


[fab-ri-keyt] /ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt/

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.).
/ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to make, build, or construct
2.
to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
3.
to fake or forge
v.

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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