con|fab|u|late

con|fab|u|late
con|fab|u|late «kuhn FAB yuh layt», intransitive verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
1. Informal (often used humorously). to talk together informally and intimately; chat.
2. Psychology. to fabricate experiences.
[< Latin cōnfābulārī < com- together + fābula fable]
con|fab´u|la´tion, noun.
con|fab´u|la´tor, noun.

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  • con|fab´u|la´tor — con|fab|u|late «kuhn FAB yuh layt», intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. 1. Informal (often used humorously). to talk together informally and intimately; chat. 2. Psychology. to fabricate experiences. ╂[< Latin cōnfābulārī < com together +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • con|fab´u|la´tion — con|fab|u|late «kuhn FAB yuh layt», intransitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. 1. Informal (often used humorously). to talk together informally and intimately; chat. 2. Psychology. to fabricate experiences. ╂[< Latin cōnfābulārī < com together +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fab — con·fab·u·lar; con·fab·u·late; con·fab·u·la·tion; fab·li·au; fab·ri·cant; fab·ri·cate; fab·ri·ca·tion; fab·ri·ca·tive; fab·ri·ca·tor; Fab·ri·koid; fab·u·la; fab·u·lar; fab·u·la·tion; fab·u·la·tor; fab·u·list; fab·u·lize; fab·u·los·i·ty;… …   English syllables

  • late — ab·late; ab·squat·u·late; ac·cep·ti·late; ac·e·tab·u·late; acet·y·late; ace·tyl·sa·lic·y·late; acic·u·late; acid·u·late; ac·ry·late; ac·u·le·o·late; ac·u·min·u·late; ad·stip·u·late; ad·u·late; al·ve·o·late; am·bu·late; am·pul·late;… …   English syllables

  • con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… …   English syllables

  • confabulate — con·fab·u·late …   English syllables

  • confabulate — con•fab•u•late [[t]kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. i. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to converse informally or privately 2) psi Psychiatry. to fill a gap in memory with a falsification believed to be true • Etymology: 1605–15; < L confābulātus << fābulatalk …   From formal English to slang

  • confabulation — The making of bizarre and incorrect responses, and a readiness to give a fluent but tangential answer, with no regard whatever to facts, to any question put; seen in amnesia and Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome. [L. con fabulor, pp. fabulatus, to talk …   Medical dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Confabulated — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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