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A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a
fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept;
an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. |
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The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the
subject of an epic or dramatic poem. |
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Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of
talk. |
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Fiction; untruth; falsehood. |
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To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to
write or utter what is not true. |
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To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or
real; to tell of falsely. |