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Definition of Fable
1. Noun. A deliberately false or improbable account.
Exact synonyms: Fabrication, Fiction
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Specialized synonyms: Canard
Derivative terms: Fabulist, Fabulous, Fabricate, Fictional, Fictionalize, Fictitious
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Specialized synonyms: Canard
Derivative terms: Fabulist, Fabulous, Fabricate, Fictional, Fictionalize, Fictitious
2. Noun. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
Exact synonyms: Allegory, Apologue, Parable
Generic synonyms: Story
Specialized synonyms: Aesop's Fables
Specialized synonyms: Pilgrim's Progress
Derivative terms: Allegorical, Allegorise, Allegorise, Allegorize, Allegorize, Fabulist, Fabulous, Parabolic, Parabolical
Generic synonyms: Story
Specialized synonyms: Aesop's Fables
Specialized synonyms: Pilgrim's Progress
Derivative terms: Allegorical, Allegorise, Allegorise, Allegorize, Allegorize, Fabulist, Fabulous, Parabolic, Parabolical
3. Noun. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
Exact synonyms: Legend
Examples of category: Grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal, King Arthur's Round Table, Round Table, Hagiology, Midas, Sisyphus, Tristan, Tristram, Iseult, Isolde
Generic synonyms: Story
Specialized synonyms: Arthurian Legend
Derivative terms: Fabulist, Fabulous, Legendary
Examples of category: Grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal, King Arthur's Round Table, Round Table, Hagiology, Midas, Sisyphus, Tristan, Tristram, Iseult, Isolde
Generic synonyms: Story
Specialized synonyms: Arthurian Legend
Derivative terms: Fabulist, Fabulous, Legendary
Definition of Fable
1. n. 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.
2. v. i. To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
3. v. t. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
Definition of Fable
1. to compose or tell fictitious tales [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]