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1.nounA fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
2.nounAny story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
3.nounFiction; untruth; falsehood.
4.nounThe plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
5.verbTo compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
6.verbTo make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.