n. [ L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge. ]
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge
Rose like an exhalation. Milton.
Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the churches for the poor. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ F. ] One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. formed or conceived by the fancy or imagination;
n. [ L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication. ]
n. [ L. ] One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who fabricates. [ 1913 Webster ]