Con-făb'ū-lāte, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. CONFABULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONFABULATING.] [Lat. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulari, from con and fabulāri, to speak, from fabula, narration. See FABLE.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.