fable

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fable


Verb

fable (third-person singular simple present fables, present participle fabling, simple past and past participle fabled)


  1. (intransitive, archaic) 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.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
    • John Milton:
      The hell thou fablest.
Noun

fable (plural fables)


  1. A fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesops Fables.
  2. 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.
  3. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
    • Joseph Addison,
      It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.

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Traduzione fable


fiaba ,fandonia ,fanfaluca ,favola ,fola

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