Antonyms for confabulate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfæb yəˌleɪt


Definition of confabulate

Origin :
  • 1610s, from confabulatus, past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable). Psychiatric sense is from 1924.
  • verb converse
Example sentences :
  • An' whut dem six ghostes do but stand round an' confabulate?
  • Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
  • Eden is not yet returned from Woodstock; I will confabulate with him.
  • Extract from : « Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) » by Edward Gibbon
  • In this manner, said my master, did the parson and I confabulate; and I set him down at his lodgings in the village.
  • Extract from : « Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded » by Samuel Richardson
  • She does not break the thread of a conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with the servants.
  • Extract from : « Worldly Ways and Byways » by Eliot Gregory
  • Birds of a feather not only flock together, but, as every ornithologist knows full well, can confabulate.
  • Extract from : « Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers » by Leo H. Grindon

Synonyms for confabulate

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