confabulate

See also: confabúlate

English

Etymology

From Latin confabulari (“to talk together”), from com- (“together”) + fabulari (“to chat”), from fabula (“fable, tale”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /kənˈfæb.jul.eɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(intransitive) To confer.
(transitive, intransitive, 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
confabulation
confabulative
confabulatory
confab

Translations

to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory

Norwegian: konfabulere

Italian

Verb

confabulate

second-person plural present indicative of confabulare
second-person plural imperative of confabulare
feminine plural of confabulato

Latin

Participle

cōnfābulāte

vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus