Fabricate definition

făbrĭ-kāt

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To make; create.

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To concoct in order to deceive.

Fabricated a convincing excuse.

verb

The definition of fabricate is to create or manufacture something.

The students in shop class assembling a birdhouse is an example of fabricate.

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To make, build, construct, etc., esp. by assembling parts; manufacture.

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To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.

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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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To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts.

Fabricate small boats.

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To make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent.

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To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

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(cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

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To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.

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Origin of fabricate

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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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