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confabulating

confabulating is the present participle and gerund 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 confabulating

What is confabulating the present participle and gerund of?
Confabulating is the present participle and gerund of confabulate.

Words near confabulating in the dictionary

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

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