Fāb'ri-cāte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. FABRICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. FABRICATING.] [Lat. fabricare, fabricari, fabricatus, -a, -um, to frame, construct, build, from fabrica; Sp. & Pg. fabricar, It. fabricare, Pr. fabregar, Fr. fabriquer. See supra.]
Sense 1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
Sense 2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.
Sense 3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.
Our books were not fabricated with an accommodation to prevailing usages. Paley.