Confabulate
ahd-5
intransitive verb.
To talk casually; chat.
intransitive verb.
To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To talk familiarly together; chat; prattle.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
speak
casually
with; to
chat
.
verb.
To
confer
.
verb.
To
fabricate
memories in order to fill gaps in one's
memory
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
have a conference in order to talk something over
verb.
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
verb.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
Word Usage
"I sketch rather than describe in detail, letting the readers confabulate to fill in the whole picture."
Etymologically Related
confab
confabulation
confabulator
confabulatory
Form
confabulated
confabulating
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
cook up
fabricate
invent
makeup
manufacture
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
chat
converse
prattle
verb-form
confabulated
confabulates
confabulating