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.-the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.-any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.-fiction; untruth; falsehood.-to compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.-to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.