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confabulates

confabulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confabulate.

Meaning of confabulate

Verb

confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

  1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
  2. (intransitive) To confer.
  3. (ambitransitive) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
    • "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...

Questions about confabulates

What is confabulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Confabulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confabulate.

Words near confabulates in the dictionary

  1. confabbing
  2. confabs
  3. confabular
  4. confabulate
  5. confabulated
  6. confabulates
  7. confabulating
  8. confabulation
  9. confabulations
  10. confabulative
  11. confabulator

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