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.”
     Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.   --Prior.
     He fables, yet speaks truth.   --M. Arnold.