fabricate

fab·ri·cate

Use fabricate in a sentence

A student fabricates a box in woodworking class.

verb

The definition of fabricate is to create or manufacture something.
The students in shop class assembling a birdhouse is an example of fabricate.
Fabricate is defined as to invent something that isn’t real.
The student creating a lie about lost homework is an example of fabricate.

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fabricate

transitive verb

-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing

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

Origin of fabricate

Middle English fabricaten from Classical Latin fabricatus, past participle of fabricari, to construct, build from fabrica: see fabric

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fabricate

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 a convincing excuse.

Origin of fabricate

Middle English fabricaten from Latin fabricārī fabricāt- to make from fabrica craft ; see fabric .

Related Forms:

fab′ri·ca′tion
noun

fab′ri·ca′tion·al
adjective

fab′ri·ca′tor
noun

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fabricate. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/fabricate

Verb

(third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
(cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Origin

From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“frame, build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.

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