fabricate

fab-ri-cate · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To construct or manufacture something, especially from prepared components.

  2. 2.

    To invent or concoct something, typically with deceitful intent; to forge or fake.

Related words

Antonyms: destroy, dismantle
See also: fabrication, forge, manufacture
Synonyms: construct, forge, invent, manufacture

Etymology

From Latin fabricare ("to make, construct"), from fabrica ("workshop"), from faber ("craftsman").