Definition of: fable

(fā′bəl) noun
1. A brief story or tale embodying a moral and introducing persons, animals, or inanimate things as speakers and actors.
2. A foolish or improbable story; fabrication.
3. Archaic The plot of an epic or dramatic poem.
4. Common talk. See synonyms under ALLEGORY, FICTION.
—v.t. & v.i. fa·bled, fa·bling To invent or tell (fables or stories); fabricate; lie. [<OF <L fabula <fari say, speak]
—fa′bler noun