Fabricate Definition

făbrĭ-kāt

fabricated, fabricates, fabricating

verb

fabricated, fabricates, fabricating

To make; create.

American Heritage

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

Webster's New World

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

Webster's New World

To concoct in order to deceive.

Fabricated a convincing excuse.

American Heritage

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

Wiktionary

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Origin of Fabricate

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.

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

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