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confabulate

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intransitive verb

-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing
  1. to talk together in an informal way; chat
  2. Psychol. to fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator

Origin of confabulate

from past participle of Classical Latin confabulari, to talk together from com-, together + fabulari, to converse: see fable

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confabulate

intransitive verb

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.

Origin of confabulate

Latin cōnfābulārī cōnfābulāt- com- com- fābulārī to talk ( from fābula conversation ; see fable . )

Related Forms:

  • con·fab′u·la′tion

    noun

  • con·fab′u·la′tor

    noun

  • con·fab′u·la·to′ry

    adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

  1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
  2. (intransitive) To confer.
  3. (intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
Origin
  • From Latin confabulari "to talk together", com- "together" + fabulari "to chat" from fabula "fable, tale".
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confabulate - Medical Definition

v.

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

Related Forms:

  • con·fab′u·la′tion

    n.

  • con·fab′u·la′tor

    n.

  • con·fab′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē)

    adj.

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