Meaning of CONFABULATE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'fabyu`leyt
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- [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)
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| | Synonyms: | | chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confer, consult, gossip, jaw, natter, visit |
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| | See Also: | | collogue, converse, cook up, discourse, discuss, fabricate, invent, jawbone, make up, manufacture, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze, talk over | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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