v. [f. L. fābulāt- ppl. stem of fābulārī to speak, f. fābula FABLE sb.]
† 1. a. trans. To relate as a fable or myth. b. intr. To talk or narrate in fables. Obs.
1616. T. Adams, Serm. Jas. iii. 8, Wks. (1629), 143. The Fort is so barricadoed, that it is hard scaling it: the refractary Rebell so guarded with Euill and Poyson, so warded with unruly and deadly; as if it were with Gyants in an Inchanted Towre, as they fabulate; that no man can tame it.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., I. 17. This historie with many other is, with much nimble and dextrous witte fabulated by Ovid.
2. trans. To invent, concoct, fabricate.
1856. Bushnell, Serm. Living Subj. Fabulating visit and vision to express his grief.
