Look up: fable

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   Fable
   Short story or piece of verse conveying a moral e.g. Aesop's fables.
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   fable
   [n] - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
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   fable
   Genre of story, in either verse or prose, in which animals or inanimate objects are given the mentality and speech of human beings to point out a moral. Fables are common in folklore and children's...
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   Fable
   a short story which is devised and written to convey a useful moral lesson. Animals are often used as characters, as in Aesop's Fables. See parable
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   Fable
   Fa'ble (fā'b'l) noun [ French, from Latin fabula , from fari to speak, say. See Ban , and confer 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 o ...
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   Fable
   Fa'ble intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fabled ; present participle & verbal noun Fabling .] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true. 'He Fables not.' Shak. « Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.» Prior. « He fa ...
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   Fable
   Fa'ble transitive verb To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. « The hell thou fablest .» Milton.
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   fable
   parable noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
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   Fable
   A `fable` is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a `moral`), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim. A fable differs from a `parable` in that the latter `excludes` animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and oth...
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    Fable
    • (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. • (n.) Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. • (n.) The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. • (n.) A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse...
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    fable
    narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings, told in order to highlight human follies and weaknesses. A moral—or ... [16 related articles]
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    fable
    fable 1. A short story with a moral, especially one in which the characters are animals. 2. A story about supernatural, mythological, or legendary characters and events. 3. A false or improbable account of something. 4. Myths and legends (fables) collectively. 5. Etymology: from Old French fable, from Latin fabula, 'story, play, fable'; literally,...
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    fable
    A story in which the characters are animals and not human beings. Fables are intended to convey typical human fallacies. Usually fables point to a moral, so fables belong to didactic literature.
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    fable
    
    1. a deliberately false or improbable account
    2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
    3. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
    
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    fable
    fable, brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retaining their animal traits. The oldest known fables are those in the Panchatantra, a collection of fables...
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