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.

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

Words nearby confabulate

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Words related to confabulate

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

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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 true See also paramnesia

Derived forms of confabulate

confabulation, noun confabulator, noun confabulatory, adjective

Word Origin for confabulate

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