confabulate

confabulate
    v 1: unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
    2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
       men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
       {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
       {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
       {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    3: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
       conferred about a plan of action" [syn: {confer},
       {confabulate}, {confab}, {consult}]
    

Confabulate \Con*fab"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Confabulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confabulating}.] [L.
   confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together;
   con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See {Fable}.]
   To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
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         I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
         If birds confabulate or no.              --Cowper.
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