Confabulate meaning

kən-făbyə-lāt

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

verb

(psychol.) To fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator.

verb

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

verb

To talk casually; chat.

verb

(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.

verb

(intransitive) To confer.

verb

(intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.

verb

To talk together in an informal way; chat.

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Origin of confabulate

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin confabulari "to talk together", com- "together" + fabulari "to chat" from fabula "fable, tale".

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