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fable

noun

  1. a fictitious story meant to teach a moral lesson: the characters are usually talking animals
  2. a myth or legend
  3. a story that is not true; falsehood
  4. Archaic the plot of a literary work

intransitive verb, transitive verb fabled, fabling

to write or tell (fables, legends, or falsehoods)

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See fable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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