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Webster 1913 Edition

Parable

Par′a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
parabilis
, fr.
parare
to provide.]
Procurable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Par′a-ble

,
Noun.
[F.
parabole
, L.
parabola
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. [GREEK] to throw beside, compare;
παρά
beside + [GREEK] to throw; cf. Skr.
gal
to drop. Cf.
Emblem
,
Gland
,
Palaver
,
Parabola
,
Parley
,
Parabole
,
Symbol
.]
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
.

Par′a-ble

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by parable.
[R.]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parable

PAR'ABLE

,
Noun.
[L. parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used.]

PAR'ABLE

,
Noun.
[L. parabola; Gr. to throw forward or against, to compare to or against; as in confero, collatum, to set together, or one thing with another.] A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction; such as the parable of the trees choosing a king, Judges 9.; the parable of the poor man and his lamb. 2 Sam. 12.; the parable of the ten virgins, Matt.25.

PAR'ABLE

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by fiction or fable.

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