confabulate

VI คุย  พูดคุย  chat chatter kui

CONFABULATE

v.i.[L., to tell. See Fable. ] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. If birds confabulate or no. [Little used. ]

CONFABULATE

Con *fab "u *late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Confabulating.] Etym: [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable. ]

confabulate

con fab u late |kənˈfabyəˌlāt kənˈfæbjəleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 formal engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone. 2 Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory. DERIVATIVES con fab u la tion |-ˌfabyəˈlāSHən |noun, con fab u la to ry |-ləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together, ’ from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together ’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable ’).

confabulate

confabulate |kənˈfabjʊleɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 formal engage in conversation; talk: she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone. 2 Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory. DERIVATIVES confabulation noun, confabulatory adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together ’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together ’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable ’).

confabulate

con fab u late /kənfǽbjəlèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 «…と » 談笑する, 会談する «with » .2 〘心 〙作話する .