confabulate
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/kənfˈabjƊlˌeÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "confabulate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have a casual and light conversation without sharing a lot of information
Intransitive
to confabulate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The neighbors often confabulate over the fence about gardening tips.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϏ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to confer or discuss something with others
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee regularly confabulates to brainstorm new ideas.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create or invent fictitious experiences or details to fill gaps in one's memory
Intransitive
Transitive: to confabulate experiences or details
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Patients with certain neurological conditions may confabulate to make sense of fragmented memories.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰāĻž āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

confabulation
confabulate
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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