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parabole en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable) Obsolete spelling of parable.
   alt of parable
   • Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares; Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears. 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Parabole.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 18:

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