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<blockquote>Anon out of the earth a <b>fabric</b> huge Rose like an exhalation. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other <i>fabrics</i></def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of constructing; construction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the <b>fabric</b>of the churches for the poor. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the <i>fabric</i> of the universe</def>.

<blockquote>The whole vast <b>fabric</b> of society. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fabric</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ric</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fabricked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fabricking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To frame; to built; to construct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Fabric</i> their mansions."

<i>J. Philips.</i>

<h1>Fabricant</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ri*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; a manufacturer.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Fabricate</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ri*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fabricated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fabricating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>fabricari</ets>, <ets>fabricare</ets>, to frame, build, forge, fr. <ets>fabrica</ets>. See <er>Fabric</er>, <er>Farge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a bridge or ship</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> woolens</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; <as>as, to <ex>fabricate</ex> a lie or story</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Our books were not <b>fabricated</b> with an accomodation to prevailing usages. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fabrication</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab`ri*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fabricatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>fabrication</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; <as>as, the <ex>fabrication</ex> of a bridge, a church, or a government</as>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is fabricated; a falsehood; <as>as, the story is doubtless a <ex>fabrication</ex></as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Fiction</er>.</syn>

<h1>Fabricator</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ri*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>fabricator</b> of the works of Ossian. <i>Mason.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fabricatress</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fab"ri*ca`tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who fabricates.</def>

<h1>Fabrile</h1> <Xpage=535>