confabulate

  • 21Confabulating — 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… …

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  • 22confabulation — confabulate ► VERB formal ▪ converse. DERIVATIVES confabulation noun. ORIGIN Latin confabulari chat together …

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  • 23memory abnormality — Introduction       any of the disorders that affect the ability to remember.       Disorders of memory must have been known to the ancients and are mentioned in several early medical texts, but it was not until the closing decades of the 19th… …

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  • 24Confabulation — is the process where a memory is remembered falsely.[1] The process of remembering is a complicated and intricate process that can be lead astray at any given point.[2] These false memories most often occur in autobiographical memory.[3] Two… …

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  • 25confabular — kənˈfabyələ(r) adjective Etymology: confabulate + ar : confabulatory * * * confabˈūlar adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑confabulate * * * conˈfabular, a. [ad …

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  • 26converse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transposed, reversed, turned about; reciprocal; other, opposite, contrary. See opposition. n. reverse, contrary, opposite; counterpart, reciprocal; vice versa. v. See conversation. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 27discuss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. talk over, debate, canvass, argue; analyze, explain. See reasoning, conversation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. argue, debate, dispute, talk about, talk of, explain, contest, confer, consult, talk with,… …

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  • 28speak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. talk, converse; lecture, discourse, orate; say, utter, pronounce; express, communicate. See speech. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To utter] Syn. vocalize, pronounce, express; see utter . 2. [To communicate]… …

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  • 29talk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conversation; chatter, chat, gossip; speech, lecture, discourse; rumor, hearsay. v. say, speak, chat, converse, gossip. See news, information. talk into II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Human speech] Syn.… …

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  • 30confabulation — mid 15c., talking together, from L.L. confabulationem (nom. confabulatio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. confabulari (see CONFABULATE (Cf. confabulate)) …

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