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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fabricated \fabricated\ adjective 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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fabricated
adjective: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "fabricated": assembled, built, cast, coined, conceived, concocted, constructed, cooked-up, crafted, created, custom, custom-built, custom-made, discovered, extracted, fabulous, fancied, fantasied, fantastic, fashioned, fictional, fictitious, figmental, forged, formed, gathered, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, hatched, homemade, homespun, invented, legendary, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, made-up, man-made, manufactured, milled, mined, minted, molded, mythical, new-minted, originated, prefab, prefabricated, processed, put together, put-up, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, refined, shaped, smelted, trumped-up, well-built, well-constructed, well-made
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