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fabricate

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fab·ri·cate  (fbr-kt)
tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
1. To make; create.
2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.
3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated an excuse.

[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricr, fabrict-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]

fabri·cation n.
fabri·cator n.

fabricate [ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt]
vb (tr)
1. to make, build, or construct
2. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc.)
3. to fake or forge
[from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric]
fabrication  n
fabricative  adj
fabricator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.fabricate - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
mass-produce - produce on a large scale
make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
2.fabricatefabricate - make up something artificial or untrue
dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"
confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
trump up, concoct - invent; "trump up charges"
spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn"
vamp, vamp up - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"

fabricate
verb
1. make up, invent, concoct, falsify, form, coin, devise, forge, fake, feign, trump up All four claim that officers fabricated evidence against them.
2. manufacture, make, build, form, fashion, shape, frame, construct, assemble, erect All the tools are fabricated from high quality steel.
Translations
fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] VT
1. (= manufacture) [+ goods etc] → fabricar
2. (fig) → inventar; [+ document, evidence] → falsificar

fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vt
(= invent) [+ evidence] → fabriquer, fabriquer de toutes pièces; [+ story] → inventer
(= manufacture) → fabriquer

fabricate
vt
(= invent) storyerfinden, ersinnen (geh); quotationerfinden; evidence, confessionfälschen
(= manufacture)herstellen, fabrizieren

fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vtfabbricare
fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] vtfabbricare

fabricate
v fabricate [ˈfӕbrikeit]
to make up something that is not true (a story, accusation etc) to fabricate an excuse. uitdink, versin, uit die duim suig يُلَفِّق قِصَّه измислям vymyslit si opdigte; fabrikere erfinden κατασκευάζω inventar sepitsema دروغ بافتن keksiä inventer לְ”פַבּרֵק” गढ़ लेना, कल्पना करना, झूठी कहानी बनाना izmišljati (laži, krive optužbe) kitalál mereka-reka búa til fabbricare でっちあげる 조작하다 išgalvoti, sufabrikuoti safabricēt; izdomāt mereka-reka verzinnen dikte opp, finne på, forfalske sfabrykować fabricar a inventa, a născoci выдумывать vymyslieť si izmisliti si izmisliti fabricera, ljuga (dikta) ihop สร้างข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurmak 捏造 вигадувати, видумувати جھوٹی کہانی گڑھنا bịa đặt
n fabriˈcation
1 a lie Your account of the accident was a complete fabrication. versinsel كِذْبَه، قِصَّه مُلَفَّقَه измислица výmysl opspind die Erfindung κατασκεύασμα, μύθευμα invención väljamõeldis دروغ vale invention שֶׁקֶר, כָּזָב रचना izmišljotina, laž koholmány kebohongan tilbúningur, uppspuni invenzione でっちあげ 거짓말, 허구 prasimanymas safabricējums; izdomājums penipuan verzinsel løgn, oppspinn, påfunn wymysł fabricação născo­cire выдумка výmysel izmišljotina izmišljotina lögn, fabricering ข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurma, yalan 謊言 вигадка سخن سازی chuyện bịa đặt
2 the act of fabricating. fabrikasie, vervaardiging تَلْفيق фалшификация vymýšlení opspind die Herstellung κατασκευή fabricación sepitsus دروغ گویی valehtelu fabrication הָמצָאָה विचारना izmišljanje, laganje gyártás membohong framleiðsla fabbricazione でっちあげること 꾸며낸 일 išgalvojimas, sufabrikavimas safabricēšana; izdomāšana menipu het verzinnen forfalskning zmyślanie fabricação fabricare подделка zhotovenie izdelovanje izmišljanje hopdiktande การสร้างข้อมูลหรือเรื่องราวที่ไม่เป็นความจริง uydurma 捏造 підробка; фабрикація گڑھی ہوئی بات کہنا hành động hay kết quả của việc bịa đặt


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Should this at any time happen, how easy would it be to fabricate pretenses of approaching danger
That the spy will fabricate his information is a mere commonplace.
Thus the wandering tribes of the prairies, who often behold clouds gathering round the summits of these hills, and lightning flashing, and thunder pealing from them, when all the neighboring plains are serene and sunny, consider them the abode of the genii or thunder-spirits who fabricate storms and tempests.
 
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