01 a. Procurable.
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Procurable.[Obs.]
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Webster, 1913
Parable
02 n. A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of…
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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.“Declare unto us the parable of the tares.” — Matt. xiii. 36.
03 v. t. To represent by parable.
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To represent by parable.[R.]“Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.” — Milton.