confabulate

intr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology. To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

[Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, to talk (from fābula, conversation; see fable).]

confabulation con·fab'u·la'tion n.
confabulator con·fab'u·la'tor n.
confabulatory con·fab'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To engage in spoken exchange: chat, converse, discourse, speak, talk. Informal confab, visit. See words.

1) to talk familiarly together, converse, chat
2) Psych.  to fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for memory gaps

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory (psychiatry)

Meaning #2: chew the fat; shoot the breeze
  Synonyms: chat, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

Meaning #3: have a conference in order to talk something over
  Synonyms: confer, confab, consult

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - snakke, sludre, opfinde oplevelser

Nederlands (Dutch)
met elkaar praten, gaten in het geheugen vullen met verzinsels

Français (French)
v. intr. - bavarder, converser, (Psych) confabuler

Deutsch (German)
v. - plaudern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνομιλώ, κουβεντιάζω, διηγούμαι φανταστικά περιστατικά εξαιτίας παραμνησίας

Italiano (Italian)
confabulare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - confabular (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
трепаться, болтать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - charlar, confabular, platicar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - samspråka, småprata

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
交谈, 谈心, 闲谈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 交談, 談心, 閒談

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 담소하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 談笑する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) شاور, تشاور, تحدث مع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שוחח‬

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