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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Sooterkin :: Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme..
Olympic :: Olympic (a.) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis..
Mythoplasm :: Mythoplasm (n.) A narration of mere fable.
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it..
Jumart :: Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.
Hercules :: Hercules (n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or labors..
Application :: Application (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the moral of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry..
Ineffableness :: Ineffableness (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree..
Fable :: Fable (n.) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
Fabler :: Fabler (n.) A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
Unutterable :: Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish..
Homiletical :: Homiletical (a.) Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.
Mythographer :: Mythographer (n.) A composer of fables.
Titanic :: Titanic (a.) Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures..
Falchion :: Falchion (n.) A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors..
Fabled :: Fabled (imp. & p. p.) of Fabl.
Civil :: Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Reserved; not affable.
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