FABULATE

Etymology 1

Verb

fabulate (third-person singular simple present fabulates, present participle fabulating, simple past and past participle fabulated)

(intransitive) To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.

(transitive, archaic) To relate as or in the manner of a fable.

(intransitive, obsolete) To tell fables, to narrate with fables.

Etymology 2

Noun

fabulate (countable and uncountable, plural fabulates)

A folk story that is not entirely believable.

(specifically) A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.

Source: Wiktionary



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