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Definition of 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; the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem
"jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. - Joseph Addison."
(v) : to compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true; to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely
"the hell thou fablest. - John Milton."
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Definition of 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; the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem
"jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. - Joseph Addison."
(v) : to compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true; to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely
"the hell thou fablest. - John Milton."
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