| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb fable.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fable) | 1. To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.[Websters]. 2. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: fabling, fabled, fables, fabler, fablers, fablingly and fabledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FABLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FABLING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Feigning; devising, as stories; writing or uttering false stories.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of fable. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: fable
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| A Fable (novel) | The book took place in France during World War One and stretched throughout one week. It tells the stories of The Corporal Zsettslani, who is representative of Jesus. The Corporal led 3,000 troops to not attack when they were supposed to in the brutally repetitive trench warfare. In return the Germans also did not attack, and the war was stopped simply when the soldiers realized that it took two sides to fight a war. The Generalissimo had the corporal arrested and executed and is representative of the leaders who use war to make themselves stronger, not for any other reason (he invited the German general over to discuss how to start the war again). Before he has him shot, the generalissimo tries to convince the Corporal that war can never be stopped because it is the essence of humanity. (references) | ||
| Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's - is a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions and figures, whether historical or mythical. (references) | ||
| Fable (video game) | Fable is a video game for the Xbox. It was developed by Big Blue Box, a satellite of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft. Shipped to retail on September 14, 2004, Fable was well-received by critics for the quality of its gameplay and execution, even as they lamented its failure to include many of the features promised by creator Peter Molyneux. (references) | ||
| Fable theatre | The Fable Theatre Company was the original name for the new Fabled Phoenix Theatre Company (based in Glasgow). (references) | ||
| Fable Theatre Company | A theatre company based in Glasgow who produced the first production of The Fox's Way (based on the Fables of Aesop), with book and lyrics by Isobelle-Jane Letters and musical score by Alan Fleming-Baird. (references) | ||
| Jacob's Hands; A Fable | Written by Aldous Huxley, author of A Brave New World, and Christopher Isherwood, author of Good-Bye to Berlin. Previously unpublished, Jacob's Hands was originally written for the screen. It lay hidden in a trunk on the Huxley estate for fifty years before being discovered by actress Sharon Stone in 1997. (references) | ||
| Schleicher's fable | Schleicher's fable is a a reconstructed text in Proto-Indo-European (PIE), published by August Schleicher in 1868. Schleicher was the first scholar to compose a text in PIE. The fable is entitled Avis akvasas ka ("The Sheep and the Horses"). Schleicher's reconstruction assumed that the o/e vocalism was secondary, and his PIE is much more closely based on Sanskrit than modern reconstructions. (references) | ||
| The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket | The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent movie. Gloria Swanson made her first appearance in this film as an extra. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: fable
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| Rings Noted in Fable | Literature | 1: The ring of Gyges (2 syl.) rendered the wearer invisible when its stone was turned inwards. 2: Solomon's ring, among other wonderful things, sealed up the refractory Jins in jars, and cast them into the Red Sea. 3: The Doge's ring. The doge of Venice, on Ascension Day, used to throw a ring into the sea from the ship Bucentaur, to denote that the Adriatic was subject to the republic of Venice as a wife is subject to her husband. 4: The ring of Amasis. The same as the ring of Polycrate (q.v.). 5: The ring of Edward the Confessor. It is said that Edward the Confessor was once asked for alms by an old man, and gave him his ring. In time some English pilgrims went to the Holy Land, and happened to meet the same old man, who told them he was John the Evangelist, and gave them the identical ring to take to "Saint" Edward. It was preserved in Westminster Abbey. 6: Agramant's ring. This enchanted ring was given by Agramant to the dwarf Brunello, from whom it was stolen by Bradamant and given to Melissa. It passed successively into the hands of Rogero and Angelica (who carried it in her mouth). (Orlando Furioso, bk. v.) 7: The ring of Pope Innocent. On May 29th, 1205, Pope Innocent III. sent John, King of England, four gold rings set with precious stones, and in his letter says the gift is emblematical. He thus explains the matter: The rotundity signifies eternity- remember we are passing through time into eternity. The number signifies the four virtues which make up constancy of mind- viz. "justice, fortitude, prudence, and temperance." The material signifies "wisdom from on high," which is as gold purified in the fire. The green emerald is emblem of "faith," the blue sapphire of "hope," the red garnet of "charity," and the bright topaz of "good works." (Rymer: Foedera, vol. i. 139.) 8: The ring of Ogier, given him by the Morgue de Fay. It removed all infirmities, and restored the aged to youth again. (See Ogier.) 9: Polycrates' ring was flung into the sea to propitiate Nemesis, and was found again by the owner inside a fish. (See Glasgow Arms.) 10: Reynard's wonderful ring. This ring, which existed only in the brain of Reynard, had a stone of three colours- red, white, and green. The red made the night as clear as the day; the white cured all manner of diseases; and the green rendered the wearer of the ring invincible. (Reynard the Fox, chap. xii.) 11: He must have got possession of Reynard's ring. He bore a charmed life; he was one of Nature's favourites; all he did prospered. Reynard affirmed that he had sent King Lion a ring with three gems- one red, which gave light in darkness; one white, which cured all pains and wounds, even those arising from indigestion and fever; and one green, which guarded the wearer from every ill both in peace and war. (Alkmar: Reynard the Fox, 1498.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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