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"t": "to prepare, procure"
},
"expansion": "parāre (“to prepare, procure”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin parābilis, from parāre (“to prepare, procure”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more parable",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most parable",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "parable (comparative more parable, superlative most parable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate […].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable."
],
"links": [
[
"prepared",
"prepared"
],
[
"procured",
"procured"
],
[
"obtainable",
"obtainable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpaɹəbəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æɹəbəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "parable"
}
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