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fable

Noun

∙ A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
∙ Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
∙ Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
∙ The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

Verb

∙ To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. intransitive, archaic
∙ To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. transitive, archaic

BABYLON ENGLISH
fable n.
tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fable
fable
\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. he fables, yet speaks truth. arnold.
fable
\fa"ble\, v. t. to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. the hell thou fablest.
fable
\fa"ble\ (fā"b'l), n. [f., fr. l. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. see ban, and cf. fabulous, fame.]
1. 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. jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.
2. the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. 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.
3. any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "old wives' fables. " iv. 7. we grew the fable of the city where we dwelt.
4. fiction; untruth; falsehood. it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.

WORDNET 2.0
fable
Noun
1. a deliberately false or improbable account
(synonym) fabrication, fiction
(hypernym) falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
(hyponym) canard
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
(synonym) parable, allegory, apologue
(hypernym) story
(hyponym) Aesop's fables
3. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
(synonym) legend
(hypernym) story
(hyponym) Arthurian legend
(class) grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fable
Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as verbal communication) and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim.
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fable

Noun

∙ A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
∙ Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
∙ Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
∙ The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

Verb

∙ To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. intransitive, archaic
∙ To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. transitive, archaic

BABYLON ENGLISH
fable n.
tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fable
fable
\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. he fables, yet speaks truth. arnold.
fable
\fa"ble\, v. t. to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. the hell thou fablest.
fable
\fa"ble\ (fā"b'l), n. [f., fr. l. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. see ban, and cf. fabulous, fame.]
1. 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. jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.
2. the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. 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.
3. any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "old wives' fables. " iv. 7. we grew the fable of the city where we dwelt.
4. fiction; untruth; falsehood. it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.

WORDNET 2.0
fable
Noun
1. a deliberately false or improbable account
(synonym) fabrication, fiction
(hypernym) falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
(hyponym) canard
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
(synonym) parable, allegory, apologue
(hypernym) story
(hyponym) Aesop's fables
3. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
(synonym) legend
(hypernym) story
(hyponym) Arthurian legend
(class) grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fable
Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized (given human qualities, such as verbal communication) and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a pithy maxim.
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