confabulate

con·fab·u·late

C0558000 (kən-făb′yə-lāt′)intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates 1. To talk casually; chat.2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

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[Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable).]

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con·fab′u·la′tion n.con·fab′u·la′tor n.con·fab′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

confabulate

(kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt) vb (intr) 1. to talk together; converse; chat2. (Psychiatry) psychiatry to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true. See also paramnesia[C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fable] conˌfabuˈlation n conˈfabuˌlator n conˈfabulatory adj

con•fab•u•late

(kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt)

v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 1. to converse informally or privately. 2. Psychiatry. to fill a gap in memory with a falsification believed to be true. [1605–15; < Latin confābulātus << fābula talk, fable] con•fab`u•la′tion, n. con•fab′u•la`tor, n. con•fab′u•la•to`ry (-ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

confabulate

Past participle: confabulated
Gerund: confabulating

Imperative
confabulate
confabulate

Present
I confabulate
you confabulate
he/she/it confabulates
we confabulate
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Preterite
I confabulated
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Present Continuous
I am confabulating
you are confabulating
he/she/it is confabulating
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Present Perfect
I have confabulated
you have confabulated
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Past Continuous
I was confabulating
you were confabulating
he/she/it was confabulating
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Past Perfect
I had confabulated
you had confabulated
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Future
I will confabulate
you will confabulate
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Future Perfect
I will have confabulated
you will have confabulated
he/she/it will have confabulated
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you will have confabulated
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Future Continuous
I will be confabulating
you will be confabulating
he/she/it will be confabulating
we will be confabulating
you will be confabulating
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been confabulating
you have been confabulating
he/she/it has been confabulating
we have been confabulating
you have been confabulating
they have been confabulating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been confabulating
you will have been confabulating
he/she/it will have been confabulating
we will have been confabulating
you will have been confabulating
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been confabulating
you had been confabulating
he/she/it had been confabulating
we had been confabulating
you had been confabulating
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Conditional
I would confabulate
you would confabulate
he/she/it would confabulate
we would confabulate
you would confabulate
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Past Conditional
I would have confabulated
you would have confabulated
he/she/it would have confabulated
we would have confabulated
you would have confabulated
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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memorypsychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorderscook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	2.	confabulate - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, gossip, chatter, visitconverse, discourse - carry on a conversationjawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
	3.	confabulate - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"confer, confab, consulthash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"collogue - confer secretly

confabulate

verbTo engage in spoken exchange:chat, converse, discourse, speak, talk.Informal: confab, visit.

Translations

confabular