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manufacture

noun
/ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/US/ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/UK

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

  1. derived from manūfactūra
  2. derived from manufacture

Definitions

  1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

  2. Anything made, formed or produced

    Anything made, formed or produced; product.

    • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
    • Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.

  3. The process of such production

    The process of such production; generation, creation.

    • Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts…

      A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

    2. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or…

      To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.

      • Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs

    3. To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

      • to manufacture wool into blankets

    4. To fabricate

      To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

      • The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.
      • Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.

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Derived

biomanufacture, comanufacture, demanufacture, manufacturability, manufacturable, manufacturage, manufactural, manufacture of consent, manufacturess, micromanufacture, mismanufacture, nanomanufacture, nonmanufacture, premanufacture, remanufacture, semimanufacture

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at manufacture

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