confabulate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- (intransitive) To confer.
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(ambitransitive) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
"It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."
1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| confabulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| confabulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| confabulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| confabulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Synonyms
convo · chat · parley · parley · discourse · common · confabulate · jaw · confab · confab · conversate · treat · converse · discourse · word
Translations (5)
fr confabuler (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory) · bg конфабулирам (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory) · de konfabulieren (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory) · no konfabulere (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory) · es confabular (to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory)