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Confabulate

Confabulate Meaning & Definition
Confabulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confabulate?

[v] have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
[v] chew the fat; shoot the breeze
[v] unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory (psychiatry)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confabulate: chaffer | chat | chatter | chitchat | claver | confab | confer | consult | gossip | jaw | natter | visit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Confabulate:

See Also | collogue | converse | cook up | discourse | discuss | fabricate | invent | jawbone | make up | manufacture | schmoose | schmooze | shmoose | shmooze | talk over

Confabulate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fab"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.

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