confabulate

(kən fab′yə lāt′)

to talk together in an informal way; chat
Psychol. to fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator

Origin: < pp. of L confabulari, to talk together < com-, together + fabulari, to converse: see fable

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intransitive verb con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates

To talk casually; chat.
Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

Origin:

Origin: Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt-

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable)

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