Confabulated

Confabulated
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]


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