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Parable
Pronunciation : Par"a*ble
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]
Definition : Defn: Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Par"a*ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.]
Definition : Defn: A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36.
Syn. -- See Allegory, and Note under Apologue.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Par"a*ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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