confabulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confabulate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for confabulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confabulate v unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" Synonym(s): confer, confabulate, confab, consult
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confabulate \Confab"ulate\, 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.