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facture

[ fak-cher ]

noun

  1. the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
  2. the thing made.


facture

/ ˈfæktʃə /

noun

  1. construction
  2. workmanship; quality
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of facture1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin factūra the making (of something). See fact, -ure
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Word History and Origins

Origin of facture1

C15: from Old French, from Latin factūra
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Example Sentences

A lover of the Latin authors, he composed verses of such facture that some of them have been mistaken for ancient classics.

I had thought not all the goldsmiths on earth had so much gold, silver, jewels, and craft of design and facture.

I thought not all the goldsmiths on earth had so much gold, silver, jewels, and craft of design and facture.

Facture, fak′tūr, n. the act or the result of making, workmanship.

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