I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
confabulating — con·fab·u·late || kÉ™n fæbjÊŠleɪt v. converse, chat … English contemporary 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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confabulate — confabulator, n. /keuhn fab yeuh layt /, v.i., confabulated, confabulating. 1. to converse informally; chat. 2. Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation. [1605 15; < L confabulatus (ptp. of confabulari to talk together), equiv. to con CON +… … Universalium
confabulation — confabulatory /keuhn fab yoo leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /keuhn fab yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion. 2. Psychiatry. the replacement of a gap in a person s memory by a falsification that he or she… … Universalium
confabulate — /kənˈfæbjuleɪt / (say kuhn fabyoohlayt) verb (i) (confabulated, confabulating) to talk together; converse. {Latin confābulātus, past participle} …
