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 manufacturable adjective manufacturer noun. — ORIGIN French, from Italian manifattura, influenced by Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’.
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