confabulate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
  2. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
    shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter.
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  3. verb have a conference in order to talk something over
    confab; consult; confer.
    • We conferred about a plan of action

WordNet

Con*fab"u*late intransitive verb
Etymology
L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Confabulated; present participle & verbal noun Confabulating
Definitions
  1. To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
    I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.

Webster 1913