Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tale
take (-en, -s, -th, -ing, took)taleless
tale, n. [OE talu.] (webplay: secret, story).
- Scripture; sermon; Bible passage; teaching of the Lord in the New Testament; (see Matthew 7:7-8); [fig.] fable; fiction; fabrication.
- Story; account; anecdote; narrative; chronicle.
- Myth; fable; recitation; report; history; legend.
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