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man·u·fac·ture  (mny-fkchr)
v. man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing, man·u·fac·tures
v.tr.
1.
a. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.
b. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.
2. To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: "His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed" (Dwight Macdonald).
3. To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.
v.intr.
To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.
n.
1.
a. The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.
b. An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.
2. A product that is manufactured.
3. The making or producing of something.

[From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manfactra : Latin man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin factra, working of a metal, from factus, past participle of facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

manu·factur·a·ble adj.
manu·factur·al adj.
manu·factur·ing n.

manufacture [ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə]
vb
1. (Business / Commerce) to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
2. (tr) to invent or concoct to manufacture an excuse
n
1. (Business / Commerce) the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
2. (Business / Commerce) a manufactured product
3. the creation or production of anything
[from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make]
manufacturable  adj
manufacturing  n & adj

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"I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth," said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture.
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