confabulate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kənˈfæbjəˌleɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kən fabyə lāt′)

Inflections of 'confabulate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
confabulates
v 3rd person singular
confabulating
v pres p
confabulated
v past
confabulated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
con•fab•u•late /kənˈfæbyəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [no object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to have an informal or private conversation.
con•fab•u•la•tion /kənˌfæbyəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
con•fab•u•late  (kən fabyə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to converse informally;
    chat.
  2. 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
con•fabu•la′tor, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
confabulate / kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt/ (intransitive)
  1. to talk together; converse; chat
  2. to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fableconˌfabuˈlation
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