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con·fab·u·late
(kən-făb′yə-lāt′)intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates
1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
[Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable).]
con·fab′u·la′tion n.
con·fab′u·la′tor n.
con·fab′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
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confabulate
(kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt)vb (intr)
1. to talk together; converse; chat
2. (Psychiatry) psychiatry to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true. See also paramnesia
[C17: from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fable]
conˌfabuˈlation n
conˈfabuˌlator n
conˈfabulatory adj
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con•fab•u•late
(kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt)v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
1. to converse informally or privately.
2. Psychiatry. to fill a gap in memory with a falsification believed to be true.
[1605–15; < Latin confābulātus << fābula talk, fable]
con•fab`u•la′tion, n.
con•fab′u•la`tor, n.
con•fab′u•la•to`ry (-ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.
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confabulate
Past participle: confabulated
Gerund: confabulating
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| confabulate |
| Present |
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| I confabulate |
| you confabulate |
| he/she/it confabulates |
| we confabulate |
| you confabulate |
| they confabulate |
| Preterite |
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| I confabulated |
| you confabulated |
| he/she/it confabulated |
| we confabulated |
| you confabulated |
| they confabulated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am confabulating |
| you are confabulating |
| he/she/it is confabulating |
| we are confabulating |
| you are confabulating |
| they are confabulating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have confabulated |
| you have confabulated |
| he/she/it has confabulated |
| we have confabulated |
| you have confabulated |
| they have confabulated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was confabulating |
| you were confabulating |
| he/she/it was confabulating |
| we were confabulating |
| you were confabulating |
| they were confabulating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had confabulated |
| you had confabulated |
| he/she/it had confabulated |
| we had confabulated |
| you had confabulated |
| they had confabulated |
| Future |
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| I will confabulate |
| you will confabulate |
| he/she/it will confabulate |
| we will confabulate |
| you will confabulate |
| they will confabulate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have confabulated |
| you will have confabulated |
| he/she/it will have confabulated |
| we will have confabulated |
| you will have confabulated |
| they will have confabulated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be confabulating |
| you will be confabulating |
| he/she/it will be confabulating |
| we will be confabulating |
| you will be confabulating |
| they will be confabulating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been confabulating |
| you have been confabulating |
| he/she/it has been confabulating |
| we have been confabulating |
| you have been confabulating |
| they have been confabulating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been confabulating |
| you will have been confabulating |
| he/she/it will have been confabulating |
| we will have been confabulating |
| you will have been confabulating |
| they will have been confabulating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been confabulating |
| you had been confabulating |
| he/she/it had been confabulating |
| we had been confabulating |
| you had been confabulating |
| they had been confabulating |
| Conditional |
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| I would confabulate |
| you would confabulate |
| he/she/it would confabulate |
| we would confabulate |
| you would confabulate |
| they would confabulate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have confabulated |
| you would have confabulated |
| he/she/it would have confabulated |
| we would have confabulated |
| you would have confabulated |
| they would have confabulated |
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Verb 1. confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
2. [画像:confabulate - talk socially without exchanging too much information]confabulate - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
3. confabulate - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"
collogue - confer secretly
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