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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conte \Conte\, n.; pl {Contes}. [F.] A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events. The conte (sic) is a tale something more than a sketch, it may be and something less than a short story. . . . The ``Canterbury Tales'' are contes, most of them if not all and so are some of the ``Tales of a Wayside Inn.'' --Brander Matthews.
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