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confabulate

[ kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt ]
/ kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt /
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verb (used without object), con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing.

to converse informally; chat.
Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation.

Words related to confabulate

confab, chitchat, palaver, chat, chatter, discuss, talk, speak, chaffer

Words nearby confabulate

conestoga wagon, coney, coney island, conf., confab, confabulate, confabulation, confarreation, confect, confection, confectionary

Origin of confabulate

1605–15; < Latin confābulātus (past participle of confābulārī to talk together), equivalent to con- con- + fābul(a) conversation (see fable) + -ātus -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM confabulate

con·fab·u·la·tor, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for confabulate

confabulate
/ (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) /

verb (intr)

to talk together; converse; chat
psychiatry to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be trueSee also paramnesia

Derived forms of confabulate

confabulation, nounconfabulator, nounconfabulatory, adjective

Word Origin for confabulate

C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fable
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