manufacture

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make goods in large quantities using machines or labor.

   The company manufactures car parts in three different countries.

2. 2
   noun

   The process of making goods on a large scale.

   The factory specializes in the manufacture of mobile phones.

3. 3
   verb

   To invent something false, such as evidence or an excuse.

   He kept manufacturing excuses for being late to work.

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

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