"fabricate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fabricate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fabricates [present, singular, third-person], fabricating [participle, present], fabricated [participle, past], fabricated [past]
Etymology: From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fabricātus}} Latin fabricātus, {{m|la|fabricor}} fabricor, {{m|la|fabricō||build, forge}} fabricō (“build, forge”), {{m|la|fabrica||a fabric, building, etc.}} fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”), {{cog|fr|fabrique}} French fabrique Head templates: {{en-verb}} fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)
  1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build. Tags: transitive Translations (form into a whole by uniting its parts): строя (stroja) (Bulgarian), конструирам (konstruiram) (Bulgarian), 製作 (Chinese Mandarin), 制作 (zhìzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 製成 (Chinese Mandarin), 制成 (zhìchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), rakentaa (Finnish), fabriquer (French), fabrizieren (German), erzeugen (German), összeszerel (Hungarian), fabrikál (Hungarian), fabrikar (Ido), fabbricare (Italian), стро́ить (stróitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), постро́ить (postróitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), конструи́ровать (konstruírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сконструи́ровать (skonstruírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fabricate-en-verb-ezNIyphx Disambiguation of 'form into a whole by uniting its parts': 89 3 4 3
  2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce. Tags: transitive Translations (form by art and labor; manufacture): произвеждам (proizveždam) (Bulgarian), фабрикувам (fabrikuvam) (Bulgarian), 製作 (Chinese Mandarin), 制作 (zhìzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 製成 (Chinese Mandarin), 制成 (zhìchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), fabriceren (Dutch), valmistaa (Finnish), fabriquer (French), fabrizieren (German), herstellen (German), erzeugen (German), gyárt (Hungarian), készít (Hungarian), elkészít (Hungarian), előállít (Hungarian), fabrikar (Ido), fabbricare (Italian), produrre (Italian), производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), произвести́ (proizvestí) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fabricate-en-verb-KNZ1n6EW Disambiguation of 'form by art and labor; manufacture': 8 84 5 3
  3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely. Tags: transitive Translations (invent and form; forge): اِفْتَرَى (iftarā) (Arabic), اِخْتَلَقَ (iḵtalaqa) (Arabic), لَفَّقَ (laffaqa) (Arabic), وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa) (Arabic), افترى (aftara) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), لَفَّق (laffag) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), изфабрикувам (izfabrikuvam) (Bulgarian), 捏造 (niēzào) (Chinese Mandarin), 偽造 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪造 (wěizào) (Chinese Mandarin), 編造 (Chinese Mandarin), 编造 (biānzào) (Chinese Mandarin), fabriceren (Dutch), väärentää (Finnish), controuver (French), fabriquer (French), fabrizieren (German), herstellen (German), erzeugen (German), anfertigen (German), פִבְּרֵק (fibréq) (Hebrew), בָּדָה (badá) (Hebrew), kiagyal (Hungarian), kitalál (Hungarian), fabrikál (Hungarian), kohol (Hungarian), cum (Irish), fabbricare (Italian), costruire (Italian), confezionare (Italian), inventare (Italian), 捏造する (netsuzō suru) (alt: ねつぞうする) (Japanese), でっちあげる (detchiageru) (Japanese), inventa (Romanian), фабрикова́ть (fabrikovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сфабрикова́ть (sfabrikovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inventar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fabricate-en-verb-8UTDNHVQ Disambiguation of 'invent and form; forge': 6 7 85 2
  4. (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cooking Translations (cut up an animal for cooking): 切碎 (qiēsuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 屠宰 (túzǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), paloitella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fabricate-en-verb-nfUk5oZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 29 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 17 25 46 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'cut up an animal for cooking': 2 4 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confabulate, cook up, invent, make up, manufacture, trump up Related terms: fabrication, fabricator, misfabricate

Inflected forms

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          "word": "előállít"
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          "word": "fabbricare"
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          "word": "produrre"
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          "roman": "proizvodítʹ",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "производи́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proizvestí",
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          "word": "произвести́"
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          "text": "to fabricate a lie or story",
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        "(transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely."
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          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
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          "word": "اِفْتَرَى"
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          "roman": "iḵtalaqa",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "word": "لَفَّقَ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "waḍaʕa",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "وَضَعَ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "aftara",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "افترى"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "laffag",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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          "word": "لَفَّق"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izfabrikuvam",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "изфабрикувам"
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          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "niēzào",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "捏造"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "偽造"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wěizào",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "伪造"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "編造"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biānzào",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "编造"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "fabriceren"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "väärentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "controuver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "fabriquer"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "fabrizieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "herstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "erzeugen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "anfertigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "fibréq",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "פִבְּרֵק"
        },
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "badá",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "בָּדָה"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "kiagyal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "kitalál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "fabrikál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "kohol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "cum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "fabbricare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 85 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
          "word": "costruire"
        },
        {
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          "word": "confezionare"
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          "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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        "To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl."
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        "(transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl."
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          "roman": "qiēsuì",
          "sense": "cut up an animal for cooking",
          "word": "切碎"
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        {
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          "roman": "túzǎi",
          "sense": "cut up an animal for cooking",
          "word": "屠宰"
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      "word": "строя"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "конструирам"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "製作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìzuò",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "制作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "製成"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìchéng",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "制成"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "rakentaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "fabriquer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "fabrizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "erzeugen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "összeszerel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "fabrikál"
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      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "fabrikar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "word": "fabbricare"
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skonstruírovatʹ",
      "sense": "form into a whole by uniting its parts",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "произвеждам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "фабрикувам"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "製作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhìzuò",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "valmistaa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "fabriquer"
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "herstellen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "erzeugen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
      "word": "gyárt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "form by art and labor; manufacture",
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      "word": "وَضَعَ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "偽造"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěizào",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biānzào",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "väärentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "controuver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "fabriquer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "erzeugen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "kohol"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "word": "cum"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "fabbricare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "costruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "confezionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "inventare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねつぞうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "netsuzō suru",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "捏造する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "detchiageru",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "でっちあげる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "inventa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fabrikovátʹ",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "фабрикова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sfabrikovátʹ",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сфабрикова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "invent and form; forge",
      "word": "inventar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiēsuì",
      "sense": "cut up an animal for cooking",
      "word": "切碎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "túzǎi",
      "sense": "cut up an animal for cooking",
      "word": "屠宰"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cut up an animal for cooking",
      "word": "paloitella"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabricate"
}

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