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Learn “Fabricate”

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Fabricate

verb/FAB-ruh-kate/

To make something up that is not true, or to build something.

The students learned to fabricate a small bridge out of paddle-pop sticks.

Fabricate has 'fabric' — you weave a story like weaving cloth.

Fabricate often means to invent a lie, but can also mean to construct.