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   confabulate

   /kənˈfabjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. engage in conversation; talk: formal "she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone"
   • 2. fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory: "she has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. confabulation noun
   • 2. confabulatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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