fabulate

Etymology 1
From, perfect passive participle of , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.
 * 2) * 1992, Donald C. Goellnicht, "Tang Ao in America: Male Subject Positions in China Men, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Amy Ling (editors), Reading the Literatures of Asian America, Temple University Press, ISBN 978-0-87722-936-0, page 205:
 * The objects remain those of male fantasies, but from the start Maxine associates the ability to fantasize or fabulate with women and with Cantonese:
 * 1) * 2006, Jérémie Valentin, “Gille Deleuze’s Political Posture”, chapter 12 of Constantin V. Boundas (editor), Deleuze and Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-2480-5, page 196:
 * It is only this posture that permits him to discharge his function as a chief: to fabulate and to summon up the missing people.
 * 1)  To relate as or in the manner of a fable.
 * 2)  To tell fables, to narrate with fables.
 * 1)  To tell fables, to narrate with fables.
 * 1)  To tell fables, to narrate with fables.

Etymology 2
Coined around 1934 by folklorist Carl von Sydow to contrast with.

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.
 * 1)  A folk story that is told for entertainment, and not intended to be taken as true.