fabricate
[ fab-ri-keyt ]
/ Ë?fæb rɪËkeɪt /
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verb (used with object), fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing.
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.).
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Origin of fabricate
synonym study for fabricate
1. See manufacture.
OTHER WORDS FROM fabricate
Words nearby fabricate
Fablon, Fabre, fabric, fabricable, fabricant, fabricate, fabrication, Fabricius, fabric softener, Fabricus ab Aquapendente, Fabrikoid
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British Dictionary definitions for fabricate
fabricate
/ (Ë?fæbrɪËkeɪt) /
verb (tr)
to make, build, or construct
to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
to fake or forge
Derived forms of fabricate
fabrication, nounfabricative, adjectivefabricator, nounWord Origin for fabricate
C15: from Latin fabricÄ?re to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric
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