con-fabulate
yəˌleɪt verb (used without object), con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing.
1.
to converse informally; chat.
2.
Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation.
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confabulate (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to talk together; converse; chat |
| 2. | psychiatry See also paramnesia to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true |
| [C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see | |
| confabu'lation | |
| —n | |
| con'fabulator | |
| —n | |
| con'fabulatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
confabulate
1610s, from stem of L. confabulari, from con- "together" + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.
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