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fabricate

[fab-ri-keyt]

verb (used with object)

fabricated, fabricating 
  1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct.

    The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.

  2. to make by assembling parts or sections.

  3. to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).

  4. to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).



fabricate

/ ˈæɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make, build, or construct

  2. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)

  3. to fake or forge

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • fabricative adjective
  • fabricator noun
  • ˈڲˌٴǰ noun
  • ˈڲپ adjective
  • ˌڲˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ڲٳܲ “made,” past participle of ڲ; fabric, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fabricate1

C15: from Latin ڲ to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric
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Prosecutors said Goran Vasic, the acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, had admitted to fabricating an expert opinion which had been used to justify the change of status.

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His campaign elevated unfounded beliefs about gang and cartel activity in the country and raised the profile of an entirely fabricated claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating local pets.

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A US government report on children's health cited "totally fabricated" studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said.

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The counterclaim cites “allegations Plaintiffs have recently fabricated in support of their extortionate scheme” and comments the accusers’ lawyers allegedly made during a May 6 press conference.

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After stealing the priest’s Bible and fabricating a letter to clear his name, Eli stands ominously over the dead body — an angelic glow bursting behind him.

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