Fable(fāb'l), n.[F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.]1.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.
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Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.Addison.
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A fable may have talking animals anthropomorphically cast as humans representing different character types, sometimes illustrating some moral principle; as, Aesop's Fables.
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2.The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
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The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral.Dryden.
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3.Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. “Old wives' fables. ” 1 Tim. iv. 7.
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We grew
The fable of the city where we dwelt.Tennyson.
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4.Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
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It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.Addison.
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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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Fable (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fable is an action role-playing video game in the Fable franchise. It was developed for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms, by Big Blue Box, a satellite developer of Lionhead ...
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Fable II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fable II is an action role-playing game in the Fable game series game series developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360.
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Fable II
The sequel to the enchanting, engrossing, and award-winning action role-playing game, Fable.
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Fable for Xbox - GameSpot
Fable for Xbox - GameSpot offers reviews, previews, cheats, and more. Count on us for all of the latest on the Fable Xbox Game.
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Fable Ltd develop and publish engaging interactive educational software and e-learning applications for teaching science and mathematics.
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Xbox.com | FableŽ II
Set 500 years after the original game, Fable 2 offers even more choices and features, while building on the core gameplay theme of Fable.
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IGN: Fable
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IGN: Fable II
IGN is the ultimate Fable II resource for trailers, screenshots, cheats, walkthroughs, release dates, previews, reviews, soundtracks and news.
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