manufacture

manufacture
man|u|fac|ture1 [ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə US -ər] v [T]
1.) to use machines to make goods or materials, usually in large numbers or amounts
▪ the company that manufactured the drug
▪ manufactured goods
2.) to invent an untrue story, excuse etc
▪ If the media can manufacture stories like this, who are we supposed to believe?
3.) technical if your body manufactures a particular useful substance, it produces it
manufacture 2
manufacture2 n
[Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: Latin manu factus 'made by hand']
1.) [U]
the process of making goods or materials using machines, usually in large numbers or amounts
▪ Cost will determine the methods of manufacture.
2.) manufactures [plural] technical
goods that are produced in large quantities using machinery

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  • Manufacture — Man u*fac ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manufactured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manufacturing}.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.] 1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • manufacture — [v1] build, produce accomplish, assemble, carve, cast, cobble*, complete, compose, construct, create, execute, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, fudge together*, machine, make, make up, mass produce, mill, mold, prefab, process, put… …   New thesaurus

  • Manufacture — Man u*fac ture, n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See {Manual}, and {Fact}.] 1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • manufacture — I noun assemblage, assembly, composition, construction, creation, development, execution, fabrica, fabrication, fashioning, forging, formation, forming, making, molding, origination, preparation, production, synthesis II verb assemble, build,… …   Law dictionary

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  • manufacture — Manufacture, f. antepenac. C est la façon de quelque ouvrage faicte à la main …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • manufacture — ► VERB 1) make (something), especially on a large scale using machinery. 2) (manufactured) made or produced in a merely mechanical way. 3) invent or fabricate (evidence or a story). ► NOUN ▪ the process of manufacturing. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

  • manufacture — [man΄yo͞o fak′chər, man΄yəfak′chər] n. [Fr < ML manufactura < L manu, abl. of manus, a hand (see MANUAL) + factura, a making < factus, pp. of facere, to make, DO1] 1. the making of goods and articles by hand or, esp., by machinery, often …   English World dictionary

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