manufacture
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[ English
[ Etymology
From Middle French manufacture.
[ Pronunciation
[ Verb
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to manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- To create goods from raw material, e.g. in a factory.
- In a negative sense, to fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
[ Translations
to make things
to produce goods
to create false evidences
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[ French
[ Etymology
From Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".
[ Noun
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manufacture (plural manufactures)
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