Parable
Parable , adjective
[Latin parabilis, from parare to provide.]
Procurable. [Obsolete] — Sir T. Browne
Parable , noun
[French parabole, Latin parabola, from Greek {not transcribed} a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, from {not transcribed} to throw beside, compare; para` beside + {not transcribed} to throw; compare Sanskrit gal to drop. Compare Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.]
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. — Chaucer
Declare unto us the parable of the tares.
Parable , transitive verb
To represent by parable. [Rare]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.