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Tale Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Tale? [n] a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [n] a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; "his narrative was interesting"; "his stories entertained the children" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Tale: fib \| narration \| narrative \| story \| taradiddle \| tarradiddle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Tale: See Also \| cock-and-bull story \| content \| fairy story \| fairy tale \| fairytale \| folk tale \| folktale \| lie \| message \| nursery rhyme \| prevarication \| sob story \| sob stuff \| song and dance \| subject matter \| substance \| tall tale Tale In Webster's Dictionary \Tale\, n. See {Tael}. \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax, also {Talk}, v. i.] 1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. ``The tale of Troy divine.'' --Milton. ``In such manner rime is Dante's tale.'' --Chaucer. We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc. 9. 2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight. --Hooker. And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. --Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. --Carew. 3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.] {To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.] Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart. --Chaucer. Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative. \Tale\, v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.

Tale Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tale?

[n] a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
[n] a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; "his narrative was interesting"; "his stories entertained the children"

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Tale In Webster's Dictionary

\Tale\, n.
See {Tael}.


\Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
also {Talk}, v. i.]
1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
   rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse;
   statement; history; story. ``The tale of Troy divine.''
   --Milton. ``In such manner rime is Dante's tale.''
   --Chaucer.

         We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
                                               9.

2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an
   enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or
   weight; a number reckoned or stated.

         The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
         weight.                               --Hooker.

         And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the
         hawthornn in the dale.                --Milton.

         In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
                                               --Carew.

3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]

{To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.]

         Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so
         holy was his heart.                   --Chaucer.

Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
     account; legend; narrative.


\Tale\, v. i.
To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.

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