Definition of parable

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Parable (n.) 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..

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Parable :: Parable (v. t.) To represent by parable.
Irreparably :: Irreparably (adv.) In an irreparable manner.
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable..
Irreparable :: Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss..
Parabolically :: Parabolically (adv.) By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.
Parable :: Parable (a.) Procurable.
Inseparable :: Inseparable (a.) Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.
Inseparable :: Inseparable (a.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-..
Aggregate :: Aggregate (a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
Inseparableness :: Inseparableness (n.) The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability.
Dives :: Dives (n.) The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling..
Frondose :: Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
Undepartable :: Undepartable (a.) Incapable of being parted; inseparable.
Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure..
Parabolical :: Parabolical (a.) Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction..
Irretrievable :: Irretrievable (a.) Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss..
Exemptitious :: Exemptitious (a.) Separable.
Separable :: Separable (a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist..
Unseparable :: Unseparable (a.) Inseparable.
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