fabricate

Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/

The English word “fabricate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Etymology

From Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.

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