fabriator.html - n.
1 a a woven material; a textile. b other material resembling woven cloth.
2 a structure or framework, esp. the walls, floor, and roof of a building.
3 (in abstract senses) the essential structure or essence of a thing (the fabric of society). [ME f. F fabrique f. L fabrica f. faber metal-worker etc.]

fabriator.html - v.tr.
1 construct or manufacture, esp. from prepared components.
2 invent or concoct (a story, evidence, etc.).
3 forge (a document).

fabrication n. fabricator n. [L fabricare fabricat- (as FABRIC)]

fabriator.html - n.
1 a a woven material; a textile. b other material resembling woven cloth.
2 a structure or framework, esp. the walls, floor, and roof of a building.
3 (in abstract senses) the essential structure or essence of a thing (the fabric of society). [ME f. F fabrique f. L fabrica f. faber metal-worker etc.]

fabriator.html - v.tr.
1 construct or manufacture, esp. from prepared components.
2 invent or concoct (a story, evidence, etc.).
3 forge (a document).

fabrication n. fabricator n. [L fabricare fabricat- (as FABRIC)]

fabriator.html - adj.
colloq. fabulous, marvellous. [abbr.]

fabriator.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism.

--adj.

1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians.
2 employing a cautiously persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy (Fabian tactics).

Fabianism n. Fabianist n. [L Fabianus f. the name of Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator (= delayer), Roman general of the 3rd c. BC, noted for cautious strategies]