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unfabricated
fab·ri·cate
/
ˈfæb
rɪˌkeɪt
/
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[
fab
-ri-keyt
]
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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
,
-ate
1
Related forms
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
Synonyms
1.
See
manufacture
.
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World English Dictionary
fabricate
(ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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