fabulize

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verb

To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.

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Meanings

fabulize1

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

present singular third person fabulizes · participle present fabulizing · participle past fabulized · past fabulized

  1. To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.

    in consequence of the elevation of real mortals to the sphere, their fabulized history came to be inscribed upon it

    1823, George Stanley Faber, A Treatise on the Genius and Object of the Patriarchal […]

fabulize2

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

present singular third person fabulizes · participle present fabulizing · participle past fabulized · past fabulized

  1. nonstandardslangtransitiveTo make fabulous, improve.

Origin

fabulize · verb

Compare French fabuliser. See fable.

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fabulize · verb

From fabul(ous) + -ize.

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APA

fabulize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulize

MLA

“fabulize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fabulize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulize.

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