Bible Dictionaries
Fable

Webster's Dictionary

　　(1):

　　 (n.) Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

　　 (2):

　　 (n.) The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

　　 (3):

　　 (n.) 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.

　　 (4):

　　 (n.) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

　　 (5):

　　 (v. i.) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.

　　 (6):

　　 (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

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