FABRICATE

fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent

(verb) concoct something artificial or untrue

manufacture, fabricate, construct

(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; “the company fabricates plastic chairs”; “They manufacture small toys”; “He manufactured a popular cereal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

(transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

(transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

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

Synonyms

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Fab"ri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricating.] Etym: [L. fabricatus, p.p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.]

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

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

3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. Paley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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