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fabulate

The English word “fabulate” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
  2. To relate as or in the manner of a fable.
  3. To tell fables, to narrate with fables.

noun

  1. A folk story that is not entirely believable.
  2. A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.

Etymology

From Latin fābulātus, perfect active participle of fābulor (“to tell stories, chat”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fābula (“fable”).

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