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FABRICATIVE

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fab⋅ri⋅cate

[fab-ri-keyt]
–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
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.).

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L fabricātus made, ptp. of fabricāre. See fabric, -ate 1


fab⋅ri⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
fab⋅ri⋅ca⋅tor, noun


1. See manufacture.
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Main Entry: fab·ri·cate
Pronunciation: 'fa-br&-"kAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
transitive verb : to make up (as testimony) with an intent to deceive intransitive verb : to make something up with an intent to deceive fabricate —Gary Taylor>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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