fabulize

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English

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Etymology 1

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Compare French fabuliser. See fable.

Verb

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fabulize (third-person singular simple present fabulizes, present participle fabulizing, simple past and past participle fabulized)

  1. To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.
    • 1823, George Stanley Faber, A Treatise on the Genius and Object of the Patriarchal [] :
      in consequence of the elevation of real mortals to the sphere, their fabulized history came to be inscribed upon it

Etymology 2

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From fabul(ous) +‎ -ize.

Verb

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fabulize (third-person singular simple present fabulizes, present participle fabulizing, simple past and past participle fabulized)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To make fabulous, improve.

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