(verb) : fābrē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3
* To make, frame, fashion, or do skilfully (very rare; perh. to be written separately fabre facio).
* Lit.: classem fabrefecit,Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38, 1 (dub., al. fabricavit): fabrefieri ex auro,Vulg. Exod. 31, 4: levioribus et ad id fabrefactis navigiis,Liv. 37, 27, 5: argenti aerisque fabrefacti vis,id. 26, 21, 8; cf. id. 34, 52, 5; Amm. 29, 1.—*
* Trop.: fallaciam,to forge,Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 8; cf.: fecit fabre,id. Stich. 4, 1, 64.

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