Fable

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English

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Etymology

French, from Latin fabula, from fari to speak, say. See Ban, and compare fabulous, fame.

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Noun

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  1. A feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue.
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  2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
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    • The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. - John Dryden.
  3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
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    • Old wives' fables. - 1 Timothy 4:7
    • We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. - Alfred Tennyson.
  4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
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    • It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. - Joseph Addison.
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Intransitive verb

Past tense and past participle Fabled
Present participle and verbal noun Fabling

  1. To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
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    • He Fables not. - Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, IV-ii.
    • Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. - Matthew Prior
    • He fables, yet speaks truth. - Matthew Arnold.
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  • Danish: fable
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Transitive verb

  1. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
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et:fable el:fable fr:fable ja:fable ro:fable zh:fable

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