fab·ri·cate

[fab-ri-keyt]
verb (used with object), fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·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 Middle English < Latin fabricātus made, past participle of fabricāre. See fabric, -ate1

fab·ri·ca·tive, adjective
fab·ri·ca·tor, noun
qua·si-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
un·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
well-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective


1. See manufacture.
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fabricate (ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to make, build, or construct
2.  to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
3.  to fake or forge
 
[C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric]
 
fabri'cation
 
n
 
'fabricative
 
adj
 
'fabricator
 
n

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Word Origin & History

fabricate
mid-15c., from L. fabricatus, pp. of fabricare "to fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric). In bad sense of "to tell a lie," etc., it is first recorded 1779. Related: Fabricated; fabricating.
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Example sentences
The long-term goal is to fabricate the device using conventional low-cost
  roll-to-roll printing.
And, no, writers don't exaggerate stories or fabricate quotes.
The problem with these kinds of questions is that you will either find or
  fabricate answers to them.
Over the past few years, however, researchers have been limited by the
  lithographic process used to fabricate storage materials.
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