Fabled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Fabling}.]
     To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write
     or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." --Shak.
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           Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. --Prior.
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           He fables, yet speaks truth.             --M. Arnold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fabled
       adj : celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and
             his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn:
              {legendary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "fabled":
     acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, famed, famous, far-famed,
     far-heard, honored, legendary, marked, much acclaimed, mythical,
     notable, noted, notorious, of mark, of note, popular, renowned,
     talked-about, talked-of, well-known