fabricate

verb
/ˈfæbrɪkeɪt/UK/ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt//ˈfæbrəˌkeɪt/US

Etymology

From Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.

  1. derived from fabricātus
  2. inherited from fabricaten

Definitions

  1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts

    To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

    • to fabricate a bridge or ship
    • The bronze that formerly ornamented this temple was made use of to fabricate the baldachin of St Peter's.
  2. To form by art and labor

    To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

    • to fabricate computer chips
  3. To invent and form

    To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

    • to fabricate a lie or story
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fabricate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fabricate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at fabricate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA