Fabricate

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  • transitive verb. To make; create.
  • transitive verb. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts.
  • transitive verb. To concoct in order to deceive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To frame; build; construct; form into a whole by joining the parts; form by art and labor; manufacture; make; produce: as, to fabricate a bridge or a ship; to fabricate woolens.
  • To invent or contrive; devise falsely; concoct; forge: as, to fabricate a lie or a story; to fabricate a report.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build.
  • transitive verb. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
  • transitive verb. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
  • verb. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.
  • verb. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
  • verb. (cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make up something artificial or untrue
  • verb. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
  • Word Usage
    "Proof aimed at establishing a motive to fabricate is never collateral and may not be excluded on that ground, but examination of witnesses to establish such a motive must proceed upon some good-faith basis ..."
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