It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away
a great fortune by secret methods.
Addison.
Fa"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling (?).]
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter
what is not true. "He Fables not." Shak.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.
Prior.
He fables, yet speaks truth.