confabulate
verb
[ kənˈfabjʊleɪt ]
• engage in conversation; talk.
• "she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone"
• fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.
• "she has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin confabulat- ‘chatted together’, from the verb confabulari, from con- ‘together’ + fabulari (from fabula ‘fable’).
