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Fabulize

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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"

  2. 2
    To make fabulous, improve. nonstandard, slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare French fabuliser. See fable.

Etymology 2

From fabul(ous) + -ize.

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