1680s, from manufacture (n.). Related: Manufactured; manufacturing; manufacturable.

1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture, from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura, Spanish manufactura), from Latin manu, ablative of manus &qu [..]

/ˌmænjəˈfæktʃɚ/ verb manufactures; manufactured; manufacturing 1 manufacture /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃɚ/ verb manufactures; manufactured; manufacturing Learner's definition of MANUFACTURE [+ object] 1  : [..]

to make or produce a good, usually for sale.

industry: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" put together out of ar [..]

To make or process (a product), especially by using machines.

to make things either by hand or with machines.

(n) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale(n) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials(v) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts(v) make [..]

A watch company that uses at least one of its own movements that has been manufactured in house.

The making of copies of music.  For example, when CDs are duplicated, they are in manufacturing.

The production of medicines or any part of the process of producing medicines or bringing the goods to their final state, including engaging in the processing, assembling, packaging, labelling, storage, sterilising, testing or releasing for supply of the goods or of any component or ingredient of the goods as part of that process

"Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion or processing of a device or a drug, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natu [..]

The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale. *manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".