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fabricated

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fabricated}; p.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

fabricated
     adj : formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse
           for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional
           character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
           [syn: {fancied}, {fictional}, {fictitious}, {invented},
            {made-up}]
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