fabricate

Meaning

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.

Related

Similar words

• manufacture, cook up, make up, trump up, invent

Origin

• From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō, from fabrica; see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.