fable
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Synonyms: able, sable, table, gable, cable, famble, mable, fabe, faule, lable, fayle
Antonyms: able, sable, table, gable, cable, famble, mable, fabe, faule, lable, fayle
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q693}}A [[fictitious]] [[narrative]] intended to [[enforce]] some useful [[truth]] or [[precept]], usually with [[animals]], etc. as [[characters]]; an [[apologue]]. Prototypically, [[w:Aesop's Fables|Aesop's Fables]].
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the [[theme]] of talk.
- [[fiction|Fiction]]; [[untruth]]; falsehood.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic}} To [[compose]] [[fables]]; hence, to write or speak [[fiction]]; to write or [[utter]] what is not true.
- {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[make up]]; to [[devise]], and speak of, as true or real; to tell of [[falsely]]; to [[recount]] in the form of a fable.
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