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• fable — [[t]fe͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] fables 1) N VAR A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters. ...the fable of the tortoise and the hare... Each tale has the timeless quality of fable. Syn: legend 2) N… …   English dictionary

• FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction       any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… …   Universalium

• Fable II — Infobox VG title = Fable II developer = Lionhead Studios publisher = Microsoft Game Studios engine = Proprietary (graphics) Havok (physics) Kynapse (pathfinding) Alienbrain 8 (asset tracking) designer = Peter Molyneux version = released = genre …   Wikipedia

• Fable (video game) — This article is about the 2004 game. For the 1996 game, see Fable (1996 video game). For the series, see Fable (video game series). Fable Developer(s) Lionhead Studios, Big Blue Box, Robosoft Technologies (Mac) …   Wikipedia

• fable — fabler, n. /fay beuhl/, n., v., fabled, fabling. n. 1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop s fables. 2. a story not founded on fact:… …   Universalium

• fable — /ˈfeɪbəl / (say faybuhl) noun 1. a short tale to teach a moral, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare. 2. a story not founded on fact. 3. a story about supernatural or… …  

• fable — n. & v. n. 1 a a story, esp. a supernatural one, not based on fact. b a tale, esp. with animals as characters, conveying a moral. 2 (collect.) myths and legendary tales (in fable). 3 a a false statement; a lie. b a thing only supposed to exist. v …   Useful english dictionary

• fable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parable, allegory, moral tale; apologue; myth, legend, fiction. See description, falsehood, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. allegory, tale, parable; see story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …   English dictionary for students

• fable — fa·ble || feɪbl n. tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale …   English contemporary dictionary

• fable — fa•ble [[t]ˈfeɪ bəl[/t]] n. v. bled, bling 1) lit. a short tale used to teach a moral, often with animals as characters 2) lit. a story not founded on fact 3) lit. a legend or myth 4) lie; falsehood 5) lit. archaic to tell or write fables 6) to… …   From formal English to slang