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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory;

2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
- Example: "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]

3. have a conference in order to talk something over;
- Example: "We conferred about a plan of action"
[syn: confer, confabulate, confab, consult]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, confabulate,
       confab, chitchat, chit-chat, 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,
       confabulate, confab, consult]