fabulate

C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

verb noun Freq #1249633

Meanings

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To make up and tell invented stories, often fantastical ones.

As a child she loved to fabulate tales about hidden kingdoms.

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Derived forms fabulationfabulator

Related forms memorate

Etymology

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

fābulātus Latin

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# fabulate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**Frequency rank:** 1249633

## Meanings
1. To make up and tell invented stories, often fantastical ones.

## Examples
- As a child she loved to fabulate tales about hidden kingdoms.

## Derived Forms
- fabulation
- fabulator

## Related Forms
- memorate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fābulātus

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

## AI Etymology
Fabulate is from Latin fābulātus, perfect active participle of fābulor (“to tell stories, chat”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fābula (“fable”). Important recorded forms include fābulātus (Latin). Current senses include to make up and tell invented stories, often fantastical ones. The wider family includes derived forms such as fabulation and fabulator; related words such as memorate.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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