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fabricate

fab·ri·cate [ fábbri kàyt ] (past and past participle fab·ri·cat·ed, present participle fab·ri·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular fab·ri·cates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. invent false story: to make up something that is not true
accused police of fabricating evidence

2. construct something: to make or construct something from different parts

3. forge something: to falsify something such as a signature or document

[15th century. < Latin fabricat-, past participle of fabricare "make" < fabrica (see fabric)]

fab·ri·ca·tor noun
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