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con·fab·u·late C0558000 (kən-făb′yə-lāt′)intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates 1. To talk casually; chat.2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts. [Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable).] con·fab′u·la′tion n.con·fab′u·la′tor n.con·fab′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.ThesaurusconfabulatoryadjectiveIn the style of conversation:chatty, colloquial, conversational, informal.MedicalSeeconfabulateconfabulatoryenUK Related to confabulatory: confabulatedSynonyms for confabulatoryadj in the style of conversationSynonyms- chatty
- colloquial
- conversational
- informal
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