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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fabricate
v 1: put together out of components or parts "Ford makes cars";
"They manufacture small toys" [syn: {manufacture}, {construct}]
2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: {manufacture},
{cook up}, {make up}, {invent}]
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