— fabricative , adj. — fabricator , n.
/fab"ri kayt'/ , v.t., fabricated, fabricating .
1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
2. to make by assembling parts or sections.
3. to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
4. to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).
[ 1400-50; late ME fabricatus made, ptp. of fabricare. See FABRIC, -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. See manufacture .