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pr. & vb.
n. Fabricating (?).] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of
fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr.
fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.] 1.
To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to
construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or
ship.

2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture;
to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.

3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise
falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.

Our books were not fabricated with an
accomodation to prevailing usages.

Paley.

Fab`ri*ca"tion (?), n. [L.
fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.] 1.
The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction;
manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a
government. Burke.

2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as,
the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Syn. -- See Fiction.

Fab"ri*ca`tor (?), n.

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