Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fabricating.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of
fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica.
See Fabric, Farge.]
1. 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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2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as,
to fabricate woolens.
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3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to
fabricate a lie or story.
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Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation
to prevailing usages. --Paley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fabricated \fabricated\ adj.
formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; as, a
fabricated excuse for his absence.
Syn: fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented,
made-up.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fabricated
adj : formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse
for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional
character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
[syn: fancied, fictional, fictitious, invented,
made-up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "fabricated":
assembled, built, cast, coined, conceived, concocted, constructed,
cooked-up, crafted, created, custom, custom-built, custom-made,
discovered, extracted, fabulous, fancied, fantasied, fantastic,
fashioned, fictional, fictitious, figmental, forged, formed,
gathered, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, hatched,
homemade, homespun, invented, legendary, machine-made, machined,
made, made to order, made-up, man-made, manufactured, milled,
mined, minted, molded, mythical, new-minted, originated, prefab,
prefabricated, processed, put together, put-up, raised,
ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared,
ready-to-wear, refined, shaped, smelted, trumped-up, well-built,
well-constructed, well-made
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
fancied, fictional, fictitious, invented, made-up
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