v.
- make (something) on a large scale using machinery.
- (of a living thing) produce (a substance) naturally.
- make or produce (something abstract) in a merely mechanical way.
- invent or fabricate (evidence or a story).
n.
the process of manufacturing.
Derivative
- manufacturability n.
- manufacturable adj.
- manufacturer n.
- manufacturing adj. & n.
Etymology
C16 (denoting something made by hand): from Fr. (re-formed by assoc. with L. manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Ital. manifattura.