facture

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facture

  • /ˈfæk.tʃə/ UK
  • /ˈfæk.t͡ʃəɹ/ US

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From French facture (“a making, invoice”), from Latin factura (“a making”). Doublet of feature. See fact.

noun factures

  1. archaic The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. [T]here is no doubt but the facture or framing of the inward parts, is as full of difference, as the outward, and in that, is the Cauſe Continent of many diſeaſes, which not be obſerued, they quarrell many times with the humors which are not in fault, the fault being in the very frame and Mechanicke
  2. dated An invoice or bill of parcels.

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facture. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/facture

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@misc{facture_2026,
  title = {facture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}