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pavan

Part of Speech: noun

A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; - so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

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fable

Part of Speech: noun

Results: 6

1. 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.

2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.

4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.

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Examples of usage:

What is that fable about the camel? - "A Day Of Fate", E. P. Roe.
But the suspicion of fable remains. - "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah", Sir Richard Francis Burton.
Moreover, the golden age of Adam in Eden must have been very short, according to the fable of Genesis, as the fall occurred before he had any children. - "The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets", Richard B. Westbrook.

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