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.
© Webster 1913.