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Definition of: confabulate
(kən·fab′yə·lāt) v.i. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. To chat; gossip, converse.
2. Psychol. To compensate for loss or impairment of memory by fabrication or invention of details. Also con·fab (kon′fab). [<L confabulatus, pp. of confabulari <com- together + fabulari chat <fabula story]
—con·fab′u·la′·tion, con′fab noun
—con·fab·u·la·to·ry (kən·fab′·yə·lə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective
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