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单词 confabulate
释义 Verb: confabulate  kun'fabyu`leyt
  1. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory 
  2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
    - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab 
  3. Have a conference in order to talk something over
    - confer, confab, consult

Derived forms: confabulates, confabulated, confabulating

See also: confabulation

Type of: converse, cook up, discourse, discuss, fabricate, hash out, invent, make up, manufacture, talk over

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