1. to chat in a friendly, informal way
Usage: formal
2. to unconsciously fill in memory gaps with fabricated information, believing it to be true
Usage: psychology; medical

Examples

• The old friends confabulated for hours about their college days.
• Guests confabulated in small groups throughout the evening.
• The patient began to confabulate details about events that never happened.
• After the accident, he would confabulate elaborate stories to fill memory gaps.
• The therapist recognized that the client was confabulating rather than lying.
• Brain injury can cause people to confabulate without realizing it.