See Also: manufacture(1)(dictionary)
manufacture(2)(dictionary)
MANUFACTURE(law)
Certificate of Manufacture(money)
manufacture 1, verb(dictionary)
manufacture 2, noun(dictionary)
American System of manufacture(encyclopedia)

manufacture(1) (iou)



manufacture noun. M16.
[French from Italian manifattura with refashioning after Latin manu factum made by hand: see FACT, -URE.]
a. An article made by hand; a person's handiwork. M16-E18.
b. An article or material produced by physical labour or machinery, now spec. one produced on a large scale. E17.
c. depreciative. A product of mere mechanical labour; an article produced merely to supply the demand of the market. L19.
a. The action or process of making something by hand. Only in E17.
b. The action or process of making articles or material by physical labour or machinery, now spec. on a large scale. E17.
of home manufacture, of foreign manufacture, of English manufacture, etc., manufactured at home, abroad, etc.
c. A particular branch or form of productive industry. L17.
linen manufacture, woollen manufacture, etc.
d. depreciative. Production involving mere mechanical labour, as contrasted with that requiring intellect or imagination. Also, deliberate fabrication of false statements etc. on a large scale. E19.
Working with the hands; a manual occupation, handicraft. Only in 17.
A manufacturing establishment or business; a factory. Long rare. M17.
manufactural adjective of or pertaining to manufacture L18.