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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fab-ri-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪt



Definition of fabricated

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to fashion, make, build," from Latin fabricatus, past participle of fabricare "make, construct, fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric). In bad sense of "to tell a lie," etc., it is recorded by 1779. Related: Fabricated; fabricating.
  • verb manufacture
  • verb falsify, make up a story
Example sentences :
  • He fabricated some excuse or other, and the excuse was accepted, to his great relief.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Hephzy had already given them some excuse, fabricated on the spur of the moment.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Those metal cubes had been fabricated about three years previously.
  • Extract from : « Hall of Mirrors » by Fredric Brown
  • They were looking for the plant that fabricated the elements for Merlin, weren't they?
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Their piercing war-whoops were blended with the loud beatings of a kind of drum which they had fabricated.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Or is the account that he did fight and rout him false and fabricated?
  • Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six » by Abraham Lincoln
  • It is from these four heads the fib of each day is fabricated.
  • Extract from : « A Lecture On Heads » by Geo. Alex. Stevens
  • The cover image has been fabricated and is placed in the public domain.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux
  • The answer is simple: wine, crust, and stained cork are fabricated.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter
  • They are of all dimensions, and the largest that have yet been fabricated.
  • Extract from : « The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3) » by Leonard Williams

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