Thesaurus: tale

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1. n. See Tael.
2. v. i. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
3. v. i. 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.
4. v. i. A count or declaration.
5. v. i. To tell stories.
6. n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
7. n. a trivial lie
8. See Tael. 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. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower.
9. n:100 n a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program n a trivial lie