Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabric of the
churches for the poor.
Milman.
4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the
fabric of the universe.
The whole vast fabric of society.
Macaulay.
Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fabricking.] To frame; to build; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their
mansions." J. Philips.
Fab"ri*cant (?), n. [F.] One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.
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.
2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to
fabricate woolens.
3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a
lie or story.
Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing
usages.
Paley.
Fab`ri*ca"tion (?), n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.] 1. The act
of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture;
as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.
2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a
fabrication.
Syn. -- See Fiction.
Fab"ri*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who fabricates; one who constructs or
makes.
The fabricator of the works of Ossian.
Mason.
Fab"ri*ca`tress (?), n. A woman who fabricates.
Fab"rile (?), a. [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.]
Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as,
fabrile skill.
Fab"u*list (?), n. [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.] One
who invents or writes fables.
Fab"u*lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabulized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fabulizing (?).] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See Fable.] To invent, compose, or
relate fables or fictions. G. S. Faber.
Fab`u*los"i*ty (?), n. [L. fabulositas: cf. F. fabulositÈ.] 1.
Fabulousness. [R.] Abp. Abbot.