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to confabulate
01
to have a casual and light conversation without sharing a lot of information
Intransitive
Examples
As they waited for the meeting to start, colleagues confabulated about their weekend plans.
The neighbors often confabulate over the fence about gardening tips.
02
to confer or discuss something with others
Intransitive
Examples
The team will confabulate tomorrow to discuss the project's progress.
The committee regularly confabulates to brainstorm new ideas.
03
to create or invent fictitious experiences or details to fill gaps in one's memory
Intransitive
Transitive: to confabulate experiences or details
Examples
After the accident, he began to confabulate stories about events that never happened.
Patients with certain neurological conditions may confabulate to make sense of fragmented memories.
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