fabricate
to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
to make by assembling parts or sections.
to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).
Origin of fabricate
1synonym study For fabricate
Other words from fabricate
- fab·ri·ca·tive, adjective
- fab·ri·ca·tor, noun
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How to use fabricate in a sentence
The “social grosbeak” fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof.
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidBut Nora is always on the defensive, and fabricates when it is necessary—and when it isn't, just through habit.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert HubbardWe all know that jealousy fabricates its own "confirmations strong as proofs of Holy Writ."
Notwithstanding | Mary CholmondeleyMr. Joseph D. McGuire fabricates a grooved jade ax from an entirely rough spall in less than a hundred hours.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerMr. Melicerta "is at once brick-maker, mason, and architect, and fabricates as pretty a tower as it is easy to conceive."
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. Houghton
British Dictionary definitions for fabricate
/ (ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt) /
to make, build, or construct
to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
to fake or forge
Origin of fabricate
1Derived forms of fabricate
- fabrication, noun
- fabricative, adjective
- fabricator, noun
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