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confabulate
(mass) | confabulate
- hovoriť |
confabulate
(encz) | confabulate,hovořit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Confabulate
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster] |
confabulate
(wn) | 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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
confabulate
(mass) | confabulate
- hovoriť |
confabulate
(encz) | confabulate,hovořit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Confabulated
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster] |
confabulate
(wn) | 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] |
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