“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
CONFABULATE
confer, confabulate, confab, consult
(verb) have a conference in order to talk something over; “We conferred about a plan of action”
confabulate
(verb) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one’s memory
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(intransitive) To confer.
(ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fab"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confabulating.] Etym: [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
Definition: To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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