| Fable (fable) |
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| n. | (f "b'l) |
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| Fa"ble |
| [F., fr. L.
fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf.
Fabulous, Fame.] |
A Feigned
story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration
intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See
the Note under Apologue.
The plot, story, or connected series of
events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
Any story told to excite wonder; common
talk; the theme of talk.
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
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To compose fables] hence, to write or speak
fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
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To feign; to invent;
to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of
falsely.
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