Word of the Day 7.26.08

con·fab·u·late (kn-fby-lt)

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 cnfbulr, cnfbult- : com-, com- + fbulr, to talk (from fbula, conversation; see fable).]

con·fabu·lation n.

con·fabu·lator n.

con·fabu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

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