noun

1. the make, form, or shape of a thing
2. Now Rare kind; sort
3. the way in which something is made or done; manner
4. the current style or mode of dress, speech, conduct, etc.
5. something, esp. a garment, in the current style
6. fashionable people as a group a man of fashion

Etymology: ME fasoun < OFr faceon < L factio, a making: see faction

transitive verb

1. to make in a certain way; give a certain form to; shape; mold
2. to fit; accommodate (to) music fashioned to our taste
3. Obsolete to think up; contrive