n A fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, w:Aesop's Fables|Aesop's Fables.
v (intransitive|archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
v (transitive|archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.