to talk together; converse; chat to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true
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con•fab•u•late /kənˈfæbyəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation
v. [no object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to have an informal or private conversation.
con•fab•u•late
(kən fab′yə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
con•fab′u•la′tor, n.
- to converse informally;
chat. - Psychiatryto engage in confabulation.
- Latin confābulātus (past participle of confābulārī to talk together), equivalent. to con- con- + fābul(a) conversation (see fable) + -ātus -ate1
- 1605–15
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