This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Word of the Day

Hey, Natick readers. What book and fictional character has done the best job of making some time in history "come alive" for you?

fabulate


Pronunciation: /ˈfabyəˌlāt
verb
[with object]
1 Relate (an event or events) as a fable or story.
1.1 [no object] Relate untrue or invented stories.

Origin
early 17th century: from Latin fabulat- 'narrated as a fable', from the verb fabulari, from fabula (see fable).

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Historical novelists fabulate characters to make history come alive, giving the real events a human on whom we can focus but who needs not be a real person in history.



We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?