FABLE (2)

Source: 566, 567

fable (2). Fable, v. to feign, invent, devise, frame, lie

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Fa″ble, 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.” Shak. Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior. He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold.