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man⋅u⋅fac⋅ture
[man-yuh-fak-cher] 
yəˈfæk
noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets. |
| 2. | the making or producing of anything; generation: the manufacture of body cells. |
| 3. | the thing or material manufactured; product: Plastic is an important manufacture. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale. |
| 5. | to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton. |
| 6. | to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident. |
| 7. | to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry. |
Related forms:
man⋅u⋅fac⋅tur⋅a⋅ble, adjective
man⋅u⋅fac⋅tur⋅al, adjective
Synonyms:
4. build. Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make 1 .
4. build. Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make 1 .
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| man·u·fac·ture (mān'yə-fāk'chər) v. man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing, man·u·fac·tures v. tr.
To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines. n.
[From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manūfactūra : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin factūra, working of a metal, from factus, past participle of facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] man'u·fac'tur·a·ble adj., man'u·fac'tur·al adj., man'u·fac'tur·ing n. |
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Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture\, n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact.]1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency. 2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manufactured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manufacturing.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.]1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc. 2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture\, v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something.
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Language Translation for : Manufacture
Spanish:
fabricar, confeccionar, elaborar,
German:
herstellen,
Japanese:
製造する
manufacture (n.)
1567, "something made by hand," from M.Fr. manufacture, from M.L. *manufactura, from L. manu, abl. of manus "hand" (see manual) + factura "a working," from pp. stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded 1605. The verb is attested from 1683.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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