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# A [[feigned]] [[story]] or [[tale]], intended to [[instruct]] or [[amuse]]; a [[fictitious]] [[narration]] intended to [[enforce]] some useful [[truth]] or [[precept]]; an [[apologue]]. |
# 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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#* {{rfdate}} [[w:Joseph Addison|Joseph Addison]], |
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#*: Jotham's '''fable''' of the trees is the oldest extant. |
#*: Jotham's '''fable''' of the trees is the oldest extant. |
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# The [[plot]], story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an [[epic]] or [[dramatic]] [[poem]]. |
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#* {{rfdate}} [[w:John Dryden|John Dryden]] |
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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. |
#*: 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. |
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# Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the [[theme]] of talk. |
# Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the [[theme]] of talk. |
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#* [[w:First Epistle to Timothy|1 Timothy]] 4:7, |
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#*: Old wives' '''fables'''. |
#*: Old wives' '''fables'''. |
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#* [[w:Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]], |
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#*: We grew The '''fable''' of the city where we dwelt. |
#*: We grew The '''fable''' of the city where we dwelt. |
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# [[Fiction]]; [[untruth]]; falsehood. |
# [[Fiction]]; [[untruth]]; falsehood. |
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#* [[w:Joseph Addison|Joseph Addison]], |
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#*: It would look like a '''fable''' to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. |
#*: It would look like a '''fable''' to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. |
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# {{intransitive}} To [[compose]] [[fables]]; hence, to write or speak [[fiction]] ; to write or [[utter]] what is not true. |
# {{intransitive}} To [[compose]] [[fables]]; hence, to write or speak [[fiction]] ; to write or [[utter]] what is not true. |
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#* Shakespeare, ''1 Henry VI'', IV-ii: |
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#*: He ''Fables'' not. |
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#* [[w:Matthew Prior|Matthew Prior]]: |
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#* [[w:Matthew Arnold|Matthew Arnold]]: |
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#*: He ''fables'', yet speaks truth. |
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# {{transitive}} To [[feign]]; to [[invent]]; to [[devise]], and speak of, as true or real; to tell of [[falsely]]. |
# {{transitive}} To [[feign]]; to [[invent]]; to [[devise]], and speak of, as true or real; to tell of [[falsely]]. |
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#* [[w:John Milton|John Milton]]: |
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#:* The hell thou ''fablest''. |
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====Translations==== |
Revision as of 06:25, 20 January 2009
English
Etymology
French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) fabula, from (deprecated template usage) fari. See (deprecated template usage) Ban, and compare (deprecated template usage) fabulous, (deprecated template usage) fame.
Pronunciation
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Noun
fable (plural fables)
- A feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue.
- Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.
- 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.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- 1 Timothy 4:7,
- Old wives' fables.
- Alfred Tennyson,
- We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt.
- 1 Timothy 4:7,
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- Joseph Addison,
- It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.
- Joseph Addison,
Translations
story or tale intended to instruct, to amuse, to enforce some useful truth or precept
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Verb
fable (third-person singular simple present fabl, present participle ing, simple past and past participle fabled)
- Template:intransitive To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
- Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, IV-ii:
- He Fables not.
- Matthew Prior:
- Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.
- Matthew Arnold:
- He fables, yet speaks truth.
- Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, IV-ii:
- Template:transitive To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
- The hell thou fablest.
Translations
compose fables
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tell of falsely
References
- “fable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.