confabulate
/kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/verb
no obj.
1
- formal engage in conversation; talk〈正式〉谈话; 交谈：
she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone.
从电话里能听到她正和别人说话。
2
- Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory【精神病学】虚构（指虚构不存在的经历以补偿记忆丧失）。
派生词
confabulation
nounconfabulatory
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin confabulat- 'chatted together'， from the verb confabulari, from con- 'together'+fabulari （from fabula 'fable'）.