CONFABULATE


Meaning of CONFABULATE in English

— confabulator , n.

/keuhn fab"yeuh layt'/ , v.i. , confabulated, confabulating .

1. to converse informally; chat.

2. Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation.

[ 1605-15; confabulatus (ptp. of confabulari to talk together), equiv. to con- CON- + fabul ( a ) conversation (see FABLE) + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .