manufacture

manufacture
I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin manufactura, from Latin manu factus, literally, made by hand Date: 1567 1. something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery 2. a. the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor b. a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery 3. the act or process of producing something II. verb (-tured; manufacturing) Date: 1648 transitive verb 1. to make into a product suitable for use 2. a. to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery b. to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor c. prefabricate <
a manufactured home
>
3. invent, fabricate <
known to manufacture evidence
>
4. to produce as if by manufacturing ; create <
writers who manufacture stories for television
>
intransitive verb to engage in manufacture • manufacturability nounmanufacturable adjectivemanufacturing noun

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  • manufacture — [ manyfaktyr ] n. f. • 1511 « travail manuel »; lat. médiév. manufactura 1 ♦ Vx Fabrication. Mod. École centrale des arts et manufactures. 2 ♦ (1623) Vx ou hist. Grande fabrique, établissement industriel utilisant surtout le travail à la main… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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

  • Manufacture — Man u*fac ture, v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • manufacturé — manufacturé, ée (ma nu fa ktu ré, rée) part. passé de manufacturer. Objets manufacturés …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • manufacture — fabricate, forge, *make, form, shape, fashion Analogous words: produce, turn out, yield (see BEAR) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 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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