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confabulate
kawn-FAB-yoo-layt
verb
chat; chitchat; to shoot the breeze; to substitute imaginary memories for real; to create false memories
1897Eliot GregoryWorldly Ways and BywaysShe does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants.1910Louis Joseph VanceThe Fortune HunterLater, having displayed him on the streets in witness to his good faith, Roland spent the evening with Mr. Burnham mysteriously confabulating behind closed doors in the hotel.1996Ann RuleA Fever in the HeartThere was a question about whether he was confabulating taking a real event and rewriting it so that it emerged in a manner favorable to him.2003James PattersonThe Lake HouseUnlike some children her age, Max doesn't confabulate and she doesn't lie.

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