单词 | affabulate |
释义 | † affabulatev. Obsolete. transitive. To attribute (a deed, opinion, etc.) to someone by legend or report.Only in the works of Peter Heylyn, and in references to these. 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 > invent (story, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > assign fabulously affabulate1633 demythify1964 1633 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George (ed. 2) i. iv. 55 The former Legend was..affabulated to the other by some ignorants, who were misguided by the name. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. z5v Those feats of Chivalry, affabulated to him and his Knights of the Round-table. 1682 G. Vernon Life P. Heylyn 182 The Sacrifice of the Mass is a dangerous deceit and blasphemous Fable affabulated to Transubstantiation by the Popes of Rome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1633 |
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