fabricate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

   the company fabricates plastic chairs

2. 2
   verb

   To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

   to fabricate a bridge or ship

3. 3
   verb

   To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

   to fabricate computer chips

4. 4
   verb

   To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

   to fabricate a lie or story

5. 5
   verb

   make up something artificial or untrue

6. 6
   verb

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

Etymology

From Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.