Apologue definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AP'OLOGUE, n. ap'olog ... relation of fictitious events, intended to convey useful truths. An apologue differs from a parable in this; the parable is drawn ... pass among mankind, and is therefore supported by probability; an apologue may be founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate ... moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, from Latin apologus, from ... moral Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a moral fable. Etymology: F apologue or L apologus f. Gk apologos story (as APO-, logos discourse) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Apologue Ap"o*logue, n. [L. apologous, Gr. ?; ? from + ? speech, ? ...
... moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 3: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events ... narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant ... of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Story (fictitious), tale, parable, apologue, allegory, myth, legend. 2. Plot, action, series of events. 3 ... Western, Western story, Westerner, action, adventure story, allegory, anagnorisis, angle, apologue, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bedtime story, canard, catastrophe, characterization ...
... moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 2: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus ... tares. --Matt. xiii. 36. Syn: See Allegory, and Note under Apologue. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Parable Par"a*ble, v. t ... which is founded on the ordinary incidents of daily life), apologue, story, short tale, fictitious narrative (intended to illustrate some spiritual ... Moby Thesaurus Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, comparison, detective story, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy ...
... moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 2: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea [syn: emblem ... what is stated as a fact is figuratively applied), parable, apologue, story, tale, myth. See parable. Moby Thesaurus Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allusion, analogy, apologue, arcane meaning, assumption, balancing, bedtime story, charactery, cipher, coloration, comparative ...