Толковый словарь английского языка - fable
Fable
fable
I. noun see: ban Date: 14th century a fictitious narrative or statement: as, a legendary story of supernatural happenings, a narration intended to enforce a useful truth, falsehood , lie , II. verb (~d; fabling) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to tell ~s, transitive verb to talk or write about as if true, ~r noun
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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. 1 intr. tell fictitious tales. 2 tr. describe fictitiously. 3 tr. (as fabled adj.) celebrated in fable; famous, legendary. Derivatives fabler n. Etymology: ME f. OF fabler f. L fabulari f. fabula discourse f. fari speak ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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