单词 | fabulize |
释义 | † fabulizev. Obsolete. a. intransitive. To invent fables. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > tell tales [verb (intransitive)] fablec1380 fabulize1612 romance1653 to play (also tip) the traveller1697 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > tell or create parables or apologues [verb (intransitive)] parable1571 fabulize1612 fabulate1616 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. i. 71 Endlesly among themselues, they fabulize, nourish the mistery. 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) I. 251 It is utterly impossible that it [sc. the Pentateuch] could thus grossly have fabulized. b. transitive. To concoct, invent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 16) 299 They did but fabulize an apish imitation of Gods truth. c. To relate as legend: with sentence as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > tell of in legend [verb (transitive)] > relate as legend fabulize1738 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 530 The Persians fabulize in their Alcoran, that [etc.] d. To dress up as a fable. Derivatives ˈfabulized adj. ΚΠ 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations I. vi. 241 Their fabulized history. ˈfabulizing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. ii. ii. 315 The very wildest style of oriental fabulizing. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. iv. vi. 502 The fabulizing monks of the holy sepulchre. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. v. viii. 334 A fabulizing martyrology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1612 |
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