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fab·ri·cate
(făb′rĭ-kāt′)tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
1. To make; create.
2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats.
3. To concoct in order to deceive: fabricated a convincing excuse.
[Middle English fabricaten, from Latin fabricārī, fabricāt-, to make, from fabrica, craft; see fabric.]
fab′ri·ca′tion n.
fab′ri·ca′tion·al adj.
fab′ri·ca′tor n.
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fabricated
(ˈfæbrɪkeɪtɪd)adj
invented
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Adj. 1. fabricated - formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"
unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
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