Confabulate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 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}]