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fable in English
- fable⇄fable, noun, verb, -bled,-bling.
- fable⇄noun 1. a story that is made up to teach a lesson. Fables are often about animals who can talk, as in ?The Hare and the Tortoise and ?The Fox and the Crow.
(SYN) apologue.
2. an untrue story; falsehood; fabrication.
Ex. What is said . - fable⇄v.i. 1. to tell or write fables.
Ex. Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell (Matthew Prior).
2. to tell false stories; lie. - fable⇄v.t. 1. to make up falsely; fabricate.
Ex. I fabled nothing fair, But ... told her all (Tennyson).
2. to tell or represent in a fable.
Ex. I pray you sit not fabling here old tales (Ben Jonson).