quasifabricated
rɪˌkeɪt 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.).
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| —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 | |
| 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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