fabricate

[ fab-ri-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing.

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.).

fabricate

/ ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to make, build, or construct
2. to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
3. to fake or forge

Derived Forms

• ˈfabriˌcator, noun
• ˈfabricative, adjective
• ˌfabriˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• fab·ri·ca·tive adjective
• fab·ri·ca·tor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin fabricātus “made,” past participle of fabricāre; fabric, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fabricate¹

C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric

Synonym Study

See manufacture.

Example Sentences

He later said he thought that the Democrats would refuse to certify the results if Trump won and that they would “fabricate some form of an attack” in order to delegitimize Trump’s support.

From Salon

One video, which “used an on-screen actor to fabricate false claims about Vice President Harris’s involvement in a hit-and-run accident,” was purportedly published by a San Francisco news outlet created days before the video was posted, the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that the court, rather than relying on historical precedent to reach its decision in these cases, can fabricate its own alternative facts.

From Salon

Few of the now grown-up McMartin children have spoken publicly, but some have described the pressure to fabricate stories or disbelieve innocent memories in favor of traumatic ones.

From Los Angeles Times

The researchers used a novel supramolecular crystallization method, which involves oxidation-based crystallization, to fabricate zinc-based double-walled crystalline nanotubes.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• concoct
• contrive
• counterfeit
• fake
• fudge
• invent
• misrepresent
• trump up