Australian English Meaning of fable

fable

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Definitions and Meaning of fable in English

Wordnet

fable (n)

a deliberately false or improbable account

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Webster

fable (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.

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

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

Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

Webster

fable (v. i.)

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

Webster

fable (v. t.)

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

FAQs About the word fable

fable

a deliberately false or improbable account, a short moral story (often with animal characters), a story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsA Feigned

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fact,reality,actuality,materiality,realness

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