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manufacture
NOUN:

1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: 
the manufacture of television sets.

2. the making or producing of anything; generation: 
the manufacture of body cells.

3. the thing or material manufactured; product: 
Plastic is an important manufacture.

4. the production of goods, esp by industrial processes.

5. a manufactured product.

6. the creation or production of anything.

7. something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery: 
imports most manufactures used by consumers —D. L. Cohn.

8. the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor: 
the manufacture of automobiles.

9. a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery.

10. the act or process of producing something: 
the manufacture of blood goes on constantly in the human body —Morris Fishbein.

Examples:

materials used in the manufacture of cars; We're developing new methods of paper manufacture. —Merriam-Webster.

Origin:

1560–70; obsolete manufact (see manufactory) + -ure. British dictionary: C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use of manufacture: Noun: 1567. Verb: 1648. History and Etymology for manufacture: Noun and Verb: Middle French, from Medieval Latin manufactura, from Latin manu factus, literally, made by hand. —Merriam-Webster.

Sources: 1, 2.

Added: 30 August 2020 {8:38 AM}
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