fabricating

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens. [1913 Webster]

3.To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. [1913 Webster]

Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages.— Paley.[1913 Webster]
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