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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 1897Worldly Ways and BywaysShe does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants.1910The 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.1996A 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.2003The Lake HouseUnlike some children her age, Max doesn't confabulate and she doesn't lie.Labels: Ann Rule, Eliot Gregory, James Patterson, Louis Joseph Vance
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