confabulate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory

   I confabulated last night's baseball scores.

2. 2
   verb

   To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.

   "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."

3. 3
   verb

   to have a conference in order to talk something over

4. 4
   verb

   to talk socially without exchanging too much information

5. 5
   verb

   To speak casually with; to chat.

6. 6
   verb

   To confer.

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).