fabricate
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from fabricātus
- inherited from fabricaten
Definitions
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.
To form by art and labor
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
- to fabricate computer chips
To invent and form
To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
- to fabricate a lie or story
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To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
The neighborhood
- neighborfabric
- neighborfabrication
- neighborfabricator
- neighbormisfabricate
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.
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.
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