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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. formed or conceived by the imagination;
- Example: "a fabricated excuse for his absence"
- Example: "a fancied wrong"
- Example: "a fictional character"
[syn: fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

fabricated \fabricated\ 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fabricate \Fab"ri*cate\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fabricated adj 1: formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character" [syn: fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious]