English

Verb

confabulate ‎(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, transitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
   • 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, ‎Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury : Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...

     "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."

Related terms

• confabulator (noun)
• confabulation (noun)
• confabulatory (adjective)
• confab (derived verb)

Translations

Italian

Verb

confabulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of confabulare
2. second-person plural imperative of confabulare
3. feminine plural of confabulato

Latin

Participle

cōnfābulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus