Definitions for fabricate
ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪtfab·ri·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. manufacture, fabricate, constructverb

   put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

   "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"

2. fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, inventverb

   make up something artificial or untrue

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fabricateverb

   To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

2. fabricateverb

   To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate computer chips.

3. fabricateverb

   To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.

4. fabricateverb

   To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

5. Etymology: From fabricatus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabrico, from fabrica; see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FABRICATEverb

   Etymology: fabricor, Latin.

   1. To build; to construct.2. To forge; to devise falsely. This sense is retained among the Scottish lawyers; for when they suspect a paper to be forged, they say it is fabricate.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fabricate

   To fabricate is to construct, manufacture, or create something, typically in a systematic or structured manner. Often pertaining to industrial production, it can also mean to invent or concoct something, such as a story or excuse, with the intent of deceiving or misleading.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fabricateverb

   to form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship

2. Fabricateverb

   to form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens

3. Fabricateverb

   to invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story

4. Etymology: [L. fabricatus, p. p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fabricate

   fab′ri-kāt, v.t. to put together by art and labour: to manufacture: to produce: to devise falsely.—n. Fabricā′tion, construction: manufacture: that which is fabricated or invented: a story: a falsehood.—adj. Fab′ricative.—n. Fab′ricator. [L. fabricāri, -ātus—fabrica, fabric.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fabricate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fabricate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fabricate in a Sentence

1. Antti Oulasvirta:

   There's tremendous improvements in our ability to fabricate video and fabricate voice.

2. Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong:

   As a way out and in order to earn their living, they are compelled to continue to fabricate and sell groundless testimonies by trying to make them sound as shocking as possible, we shall no longer participate in international sessions singling out the human rights situation of the DPRK for mere political attack.

3. Franklin Nieves:

   You know we received threats and orders to fabricate that case against Leopoldo Lopez. This is the opportunity to rectify.

4. Anthony DiPietro:

   Had these materials, and many other things now revealed by Pennisi, been properly disclosed by the government, no grand jury or trial jury would ever credit his tales, his capitalizing on his cooperation calls into question his prior testimony and his motives to fabricate now.

5. Matt Daybell:

   I couldnt really exaggerate or fabricate any of these stories, theyre just too bizarre.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fabricate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fabricate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fabricate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabricate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fabricate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fabricate