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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.
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Adj.1.fabricated - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"
fancied, fictitious, fictional
unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"


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