Synonyms for confabulate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt |
Définition of confabulate
Origin :- 1610s, from confabulatus, past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.
- verb converse
- An' whut dem six ghostes do but stand round an' confabulate?
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
- Eden is not yet returned from Woodstock; I will confabulate with him.
- Extract from : « Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) » by Edward Gibbon
- In this manner, said my master, did the parson and I confabulate; and I set him down at his lodgings in the village.
- Extract from : « Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded » by Samuel Richardson
- She does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants.
- Extract from : « Worldly Ways and Byways » by Eliot Gregory
- Birds of a feather not only flock together, but, as every ornithologist knows full well, can confabulate.
- Extract from : « Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers » by Leo H. Grindon
Antonyms for confabulate
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