fabulate

Meanings

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.

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”).