confabulate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/

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• Hyphenation: con‧fab‧ul‧ate

confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.

   Synonym: confab

2. (intransitive) To confer.
3. (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
   • 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...‎^[1]:

     "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."

• confab (verb)

confabulate

1. inflection of confabulare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

confabulate f pl

1. feminine plural of confabulato

cōnfābulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus

confabulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse