Definition of fable

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

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Atlantides :: Atlantides (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas..
Inexpressible :: Inexpressible (a.) Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Reserved; not affable.
Moral :: Moral (n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim..
Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky..
Jehovah :: "Jehovah (n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the ""ineffable name"" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews..
Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise..
Accostable :: Accostable (a.) Approachable; affable.
Courteous :: Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
Fable :: 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..
Fabulize :: Fabulize (v. i.) To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions..
Naiad :: Naiad (n.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain..
Unspeakable :: Unspeakable (a.) Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage..
Lycanthrope :: Lycanthrope (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.
Briarean :: Briarean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed..
Fabled :: Fabled (imp. & p. p.) of Fabl.
Typhoean :: Typhoean (a.) Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t/*f//s), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus..
Ganza :: Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable..
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