confabulate

Definition of Confabulate in English :

1. confabulate

unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Example Sentences:
'the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze'

3. confab, confabulate, confer, consult

have a conference in order to talk something over

Example Sentences:
'We conferred about a plan of action'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Confabulate

verb (intransitive)

1.

to talk together; converse; chat

2. psychiatry

to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true

verb intransitiveWord forms: conˈfabuˌlated or conˈfabuˌlating

1.

to talk together in an informal way; chat

2. Psychology

to fill in gaps in the memory with detailed accounts of fictitious events believed true by the narrator

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.