fabulize

English

Etymology 1

Compare French fabuliser. See fable.

Verb

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

From fabul(ous) +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

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

References

• “fabulize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.