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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fabulize en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Compare French fabuliser. See fable.

Meanings

  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 1823, George Stanley Faber, A Treatise on the Genius and Object of the Patriarchal […] :

Forms

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fabulizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fabulized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fabulized Tense=Past lexicographic
fabulizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

fabulize en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From fabul(ous) + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, slang, transitive) To make fabulous, improve.

Forms

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fabulizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fabulized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fabulized Tense=Past lexicographic
fabulizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic