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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: fib, narration, narrative, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle
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
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