Definition of "confabulate"

confabulate

/kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated
1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
2. (intransitive) To confer.
3. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
  Quotations
  "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."
  1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...‎