fab·ri·cate (fāb'rĭ-kāt') tr.v.
fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
To make; create. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.
[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.] fab'ri·ca'tion n., fab'ri·ca'tor n. |