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Confabulate \Con*fab"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confabulating.]
[L.
confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together;
con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
[1913 Webster]
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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confabulate verb
1: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab,
chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit]
3: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confab,
consult]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Confabulate \Con*fab"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confabulating.]
[L.
confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together;
con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds
confabulate or no. --Cowper.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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