fabulize
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare French fabuliser. See fable.
Verb
[edit]fabulize (third-person singular simple present fabulizes, present participle fabulizing, simple past and past participle fabulized)
- 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
[edit]From fabul(ous) + -ize.
Verb
[edit]fabulize (third-person singular simple present fabulizes, present participle fabulizing, simple past and past participle fabulized)
- (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To make fabulous, improve.
References
[edit]- “fabulize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.