confabulate

i. [Lat. conf abu lat us, pa. par. of confabulor =to talk together: con = cum = with, and fabulor =to talk; fabula =a tale, a narrative. To talk familiarly together; to chat, to go ip, to prattle. "I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rou eau If birds confabulate or no." Cowper: Pairing Time Anticipated. icon-fab-u-lā'-tion, s. [Lat. confabulatio , from conf abu lat us , pa. par. of confabulor .] The act of talking familiarly; easy, carele conversation; chat, go ip. "Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, "-Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, p. 289.