fabricate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“frame, build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)
- (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
- (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
- (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
- (transitive) (cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
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Translations [edit]
to form into a whole by uniting its parts
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to form by art and labor; to manufacture
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to invent and form; to forge
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External links [edit]
- fabricate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fabricate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
fabricāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of fabricō
