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1. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
    
2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and confabulating"
   - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
    
3. Have a conference in order to talk something over
   "We confabulated about a plan of action"
   - confer, confab, consult

Derived forms: confabulating, confabulates, confabulated

See also: confabulation

Type of: converse, cook up, discourse, discuss, fabricate, hash out, invent, make up, manufacture, talk over

Encyclopedia: Confabulate