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fable
Part of speech: NounA fictitious tale; an untruth; a story intended to teach a useful or moral truth, in which, usually, animals talk and act like human beings.
Part of speech: VerbTo pretend; to tell of falsely.
Usage examples "fable":- " I will allow myself to add a conclusive word to those of my king, that is, a moral to his fable. - "Berlin and Sans-Souci", Louise Muhlbach.
- This calculation is a mere fable, as I can easily prove. - "The Roman Question", Edmond About.
- This fable, like all the rest, was bred of an old, ridiculous and vaine tale, the credite and trueth whereof is not woorth a strawe. - "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, v. 1, Northern Europe", Richard Hakluyt.