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Confabulate

//kənˈfæbjʊleɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To speak casually with; to chat. intransitive
  2. 2
    have a conference in order to talk something over wordnet
  3. 3
    To confer. intransitive
  4. 4
    talk socially without exchanging too much information wordnet
  5. 5
    To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory. ambitransitive

    ""It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response.""

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  1. 6
    unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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