Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confab
Participle: confabbed
Gerund: confabbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | confab |
| you | confab |
| he;she;it | confabs |
| we | confab |
| you | confab |
| they | confab |
Perfect
| I | have confabbed |
| you | have confabbed |
| he;she;it | has confabbed |
| we | have confabbed |
| you | have confabbed |
| they | have confabbed |
Past
| I | confabbed |
| you | confabbed |
| he;she;it | confabbed |
| we | confabbed |
| you | confabbed |
| they | confabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had confabbed |
| you | had confabbed |
| he;she;it | had confabbed |
| we | had confabbed |
| you | had confabbed |
| they | had confabbed |
Future
| I | will confab |
| you | will confab |
| he;she;it | will confab |
| we | will confab |
| you | will confab |
| they | will confab |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confabbed |
| you | will have confabbed |
| he;she;it | will have confabbed |
| we | will have confabbed |
| you | will have confabbed |
| they | will have confabbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confab |
| you | confab |
| he;she;it | confab |
| we | confab |
| you | confab |
| they | confab |
Perfect
| I | have confabbed |
| you | have confabbed |
| he;she;it | have confabbed |
| we | have confabbed |
| you | have confabbed |
| they | have confabbed |
Imperfect
| I | confabbed |
| you | confabbed |
| he;she;it | confabbed |
| we | confabbed |
| you | confabbed |
| they | confabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had confabbed |
| you | had confabbed |
| he;she;it | had confabbed |
| we | had confabbed |
| you | had confabbed |
| they | had confabbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confab |
| you | would confab |
| he;she;it | would confab |
| we | would confab |
| you | would confab |
| they | would confab |
Perfect
| I | would have confabbed |
| you | would have confabbed |
| he;she;it | would have confabbed |
| we | would have confabbed |
| you | would have confabbed |
| they | would have confabbed |
Imperative
| you | confab |
| we | Let's confab |
| you | confab |
Verbs conjugated like 'confab'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'confab'
collab,
confer,
config,
confit,
confix,
conga,
bonsai,
cab,
canal,
cancan,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Clipping of confabulate, from Latin cōnfābulārī + English -ate (suffix forming verbs with the sense of acting in the specified manner). Cōnfābulārī is the present active infinitive of cōnfābulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + fābulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from fābula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)).
Sample Sentences
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[T]o mak conquests o' bits o' lasses, ye would hae been sitting in your forlorn chair, confabbing wi' Jock, about whether by rope, or gun, was the easiest way o' deeing. [1826, [John Galt], chapter XXVI, in The Last of the Lairds: Or, The Life and Opinions of Malachi Mailings, Esq. of Auldbiggings, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 230:]
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He had actually argued and "confabbed" with a strange jeweller, and he had asked him questions about his wife; his delicate little Hélène! [1878 November, “Two Handsome People; Two Jealous People; and a Ring!”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume LIV, London: Richard Bentley & Son, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers; Paris: Galignani, published March 1870, →OCLC, chapter II, page 398:]
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We had a cold supper, and then Bill and me walked out on the prairie, to confab a little about what was ahead. [1987, Peter Bowen, chapter 26, in Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout, New York, N.Y.: Open Road Media, published 2013, →ISBN:]