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2 definitions found 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]: fabricated adj : formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story" [syn: {fancied}, {fictional}, {fictitious}, {invented}, {made-up}]
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