fashion (v.) Copy link Outline 1. fabrēfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to employ workmanship upon2. fabrĭco, fabrĭcor, 1 (to frame, shape)3. effingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to form a figure, an image) • fashion (v.): 1. fabrēfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to employ workmanship upon: chiefly in p. part.): silver and brass (skilfully) f.'d, argentum aesque fabrefactum, Liv.: a bowl f.'d of different metallic materials, lanx ex diversis metallicis materiis fabrefacta, Ammian. Fig.: this trick has been f.'d by us, haec est fabrefacta a nobis fallacia, Pl. 2. fabrĭco, fabrĭcor, 1 (to frame, shape): the power which f.'d man, vis quae fabricata est hominem, Cic.: philosophy forms and f.s the mind, philosophia animum format et fabricat, Sen. Ep. 16, 3. 3. effingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to form a figure, an image): to f. the beauty of the Coan Venus, Veneris Coae pulchritudinem eff., Cic.: to f. the images of the gods after the appearances of men, deum imagines in species hominum eff., Tac. H. 5, 5. Phr.: you will be able to f. anything you like out of the wet clay, argilla quidvis imitaberis uda, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8: v. to mould, form.