Par"a*ble (?), a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]
Procurable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
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Par"a*ble, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. to throw beside, compare; beside + 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.
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Par"a*ble, v. t.
To represent by parable.
[R.]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
Milton.
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