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 ]

adj. formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination; as, a fabricated excuse for his absence.
Syn. -- fancied, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Syn. -- See Fiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who fabricates. [ 1913 Webster ]