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NOUN (1)

1. the act that results in something coming to be;
- Example: "the devising of plans"
- Example: "the fashioning of pots and pans"
- Example: "the making of measurements"
- Example: "it was already in the making"
[syn: devising, fashioning, making]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fashion \Fash"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]
   1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.
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            Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. --Gay.
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            Ingenious art . . .
            Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. --Cowper.
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   2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.
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            Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and
            conditions of the people.             --Spenser.
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   3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.
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            Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
                                                  --Locke.
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   4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for
      widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fashioning
    n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the
         devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the
         making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
         [syn: devising, fashioning, making]