n. & v.
--n.
1. a the making of articles esp. in a factory etc. b a branch of an industry (woollen manufacture).
2 esp. derog. the merely mechanical production of literature, art, etc.
--v.tr.
1. make (articles), esp. on an industrial scale.
2 invent or fabricate (evidence, a story, etc.).
3 esp. derog. make or produce (literature, art, etc.) in a mechanical way.
Derivatives:
manufacturable adj. manufacturability n. manufacturer n.
Etymology: F f. It. manifattura & L manufactum made by hand