Fabricate Definition
făbrĭ-kāt
fabricated, fabricates, fabricating
verb
fabricated, fabricates, fabricating
To make; create.
American Heritage
To make, build, construct, etc., esp. by assembling parts; manufacture.
Webster's New World
To make up (a story, reason, lie, etc.); invent.
Webster's New World
To concoct in order to deceive.
Fabricated a convincing excuse.
American Heritage
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Origin of Fabricate
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From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“frame, build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fabricaten from Latin fabricārī fabricāt- to make from fabrica craft fabric
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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