fabricating

Variant of fabricate

fabricate definition

fab·ri·cate (fab′ri kāt′)

transitive verb fabricated -·cat′ed, fabricating -·cat′·ing

  1. to make, build, construct, etc., esp. by assembling parts; manufacture
  2. to make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent

Etymology: ME fabricaten < L fabricatus, pp. of fabricari, to construct, build < fabrica: see fabric

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