fabricate
The definition of fabricate is to create or manufacture something.
(verb)The students in shop class assembling a birdhouse is an example of fabricate.
Fabricate is defined as to invent something that isn’t real.
(verb)The student creating a lie about lost homework is an example of fabricate.
See fabricate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb fabricated, fabricating
- to make, build, construct, etc., esp. by assembling parts; manufacture
- to make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent
Origin: ME fabricaten < L fabricatus, pp. of fabricari, to construct, build < fabrica: see fabric
Related Forms:
- fabricator noun
See fabricate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
- To make; create.
- To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.
- To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English fabricaten
Origin: , from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make
Origin: , from fabrica, craft; see fabric
.Related Forms:
- fabˌri·caˈtion noun
- fabˈri·caˌtor noun
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