[fa.ble] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L fabula conversation, story, play, fr. fari to speak--more at ban] (14c): a fictitious narrative or statement: as a: a legendary story of supernatural happenings b: a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; esp: one in which animals speak and act like human beings c: falsehood, lie
[2]fable vb fa.bled ; fa.bling vi (14c) archaic: to tell fables ~ vt: to talk or write about as if true -- fa.bler n