Fabricate

Fab"ri*cate

(?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricating (?).] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.] 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
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2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.
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3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
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Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages.

Paley.
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