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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 prattle.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
           If birds confabulate or no.              --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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 prattle.
  
           I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds
           confabulate or no.                       --Cowper.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  confabulate
       v 1: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
       2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
          men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
          [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confab,
           chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
           claver, visit]
       3: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
          conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confab,
           consult]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confabulate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la cōnfābulātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: confabularse)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  confabulate
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To confer.
     3 (lb en ambitransitive psychology) To fabricate memories in order to
  fill gaps in one's memory.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  confabulate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la cōnfābulātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: confabularse)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  confabulate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la cōnfābulātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: confabularse)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confabulate
     Engelska vb.
     konfabulera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Confabulate /kənfˈabjʊlˌeɪt/
  تحادث

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confabulate /kənfˈabjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  hovořit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  confabulate /kənfˈabjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  konfabulieren  [psych.]

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  confabulate /kən'fæbjuleıt/ 
  draugiškai šnekėtis, šnekučiuotis

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  confabulate //kənˈfæbjʊleɪt// 
  konfabulere
  to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  confabulate /kənfˈabjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. sohbet etmek, başbaşa vermek, konuşmak. confabula'tion  sohbet.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 交谈,闲谈,谈心;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 交谈,闲谈,谈心

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