| 1. tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale. fablefable, v. i. [imp. & p. p. fabled ; p. pr. & vb. n. fabling .] to compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. he fables not. vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. he fables, yet speaks truth. arnold.fable fable, v. t. to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. the hell thou fablest.fable fable (fāb'l), n. [f., fr. l. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. see: ban, and cf. fabulous, fame.] |
