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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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