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- DictionaryCon·fab·u·late/kənˈfabyəˌlāt/
verb
- 1. engage in conversation; talk: formal "she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone"
- 2. fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory: "she has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little"
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CONFABULATE meaning: 1. to invent experiences or events that did not really happen: 2. to have a conversation: 3. When…. Learn more.
3 days ago · Definition of 'confabulate' Word Frequency. confabulate in British English. (kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt ) verb (intransitive) 1. to talk together; converse; chat. 2. psychiatry. to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true. See also paramnesia. Collins English Dictionary.
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Etymology
Latin cōnfābulārī + -ate.
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/ 2. Hyphenation: con‧fab‧ul‧ate
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. 1.1. Synonym: confab 2. (intransitive) To confer. 3. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. 3.1. 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...: 3.1.1. "I...
Participle
cōnfābulāte 1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus
Verb
confabulate 1. second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse
1. : to talk informally : chat. 2. : to hold a discussion : confer. 3. : to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication. A major characteristic of brain-damaged patients is the tendency to confabulate —to hide and dissemble about their damage. Peter R. Breggin. confabulation. kən-ˌfa-byə-ˈlā-shən. noun. confabulator. kən-ˈfa-byə-ˌlā-tər. noun.
Confabulate definition: to converse informally; chat. . See examples of CONFABULATE used in a sentence.
Definition of 'confabulate' Word Frequency. confabulate in American English. (kənˈfæbjəˌleɪt ) verb intransitive Word forms: conˈfabuˌlated or conˈfabuˌlating. 1. to talk together in an informal way; chat. 2. Psychology. to fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator.
1. to talk together in an informal way; chat. [...] 2. Psychology. to fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator. [...] More. Conjugations of 'confabulate' present simple: I confabulate, you confabulate [...] past simple: I confabulated, you confabulated [...] past participle: confabulated.
