F. letter. Has in English an invariable sound, formed by compression of the whole lips, and a forcible breath.
FABACEOUS. a. [fabaceus, Latin.] Having the nature of a bean.
FABLE. n. [fable, French.]
1. A feigned story intended t enforce some moral precept. Addison.
2. A fiction in general. Dryden.
3. The series or contexture of events which constitute a poem. Dryden.
4. A lie; a vicious falsehood. Addison.
to FABLE. v. n. [from the noun.]
1. To feign; to write not truth but fiction. Prior.
2. To tell falsehoods; to lie. Shakespeare.
to FABLE. v. a. To feign; to tell falsely. Milton.
FABLED. a. [from fable.] Celebrated in fables. Tickel.
FABLER. n. [from fable.] A dealer in fiction; a writer of feigned stories.
