Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To tell invented stories, often those that involve fantasy, such as fables.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To relate as or in the manner of a fable.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To tell fables, to narrate with fables.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin fābulātus, perfect active participle of fābulor (“to tell stories, chat”) (see

From Latin fābulātus, perfect active participle of fābulor (“to tell stories, chat”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fābula (“fable”).

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Forms

fabulates, fabulating, fabulated, fabulated
Base formfabulate · to fabulate
3rd person singularfabulates
Present participlefabulating
Past simplefabulated
Past participlefabulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfabulate
he, she, itfabulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsfabulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fabulated
he, she, ithas fabulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fabulate

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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