fabricate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To invent false information in order to deceive

   The witness had fabricated the entire story to protect his friend.

2. 2
   verb

   To build or manufacture something from separate parts or materials

   The factory fabricates steel beams for large buildings.

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.

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