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/fˈæbrɪkˌeɪtəd/ /fˈæbrɪkˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Fabricate v. t. (past & past part. fabricated; pres. part. fabricating)

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.

To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. "Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages."

adjective

fabricated adj. Formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; as, a fabricated excuse for his absence.

Synonyms: fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up.

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Etymology of 'Fabricated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fabricated" Quotes from Famous Books

... upon that sign I fabricated. If it fails—or if an unfavorable natural sign comes first.... You know I must be in Zamboanga on the twenty-sixth, ...

— Terry - A Tale of the Hill People • Charles Goff Thomson

... had formerly related, and had said to be that of Agnes, it now appeared, was erroneous; but for what purpose it had been fabricated, unless the more effectually to conceal the true story, Emily could not even guess. Above all, her interest was excited as to the relation, which the story of the late Marchioness de Villeroi bore to that ...

— The Mysteries of Udolpho • Ann Radcliffe

... celebrated in the Ossianic poems, and various other productions of the ancient bards; he is called Fingal in MacPherson's Poems of Ossian; but it is to be observed that these are not the real poems of Ossian, but mostly fictions fabricated by Mac Pherson himself, and containing some passages from the ancient poems. Fionn had his chief residence and fortress at Almhuim, now either the hill of Allen, near Kildare, or Ailinn, near old Kilcullen, where a ...

— Ridgeway - An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada • Scian Dubh

... named the 'Paste of Sultans,' because the discovery was originally made for the Seraglio by an Arabian physician. It has been approved by the Institute on the recommendation of our illustrious chemist, Vauquelin; together with the Lotion, fabricated on the same principles which govern ...

— Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau • Honore de Balzac

... fabricated a special taboo. Only could he marry, he explained, when the Southern Cross rode highest in the sky. Knowing his astronomy, he thus gained a reprieve of nearly nine months; and he was confident that within ...

— The Red One • Jack London

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