Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confabulate
Participle: confabulated
Gerund: confabulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | confabulate |
| you | confabulate |
| he;she;it | confabulates |
| we | confabulate |
| you | confabulate |
| they | confabulate |
Perfect
| I | have confabulated |
| you | have confabulated |
| he;she;it | has confabulated |
| we | have confabulated |
| you | have confabulated |
| they | have confabulated |
Past
| I | confabulated |
| you | confabulated |
| he;she;it | confabulated |
| we | confabulated |
| you | confabulated |
| they | confabulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confabulated |
| you | had confabulated |
| he;she;it | had confabulated |
| we | had confabulated |
| you | had confabulated |
| they | had confabulated |
Future
| I | will confabulate |
| you | will confabulate |
| he;she;it | will confabulate |
| we | will confabulate |
| you | will confabulate |
| they | will confabulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confabulated |
| you | will have confabulated |
| he;she;it | will have confabulated |
| we | will have confabulated |
| you | will have confabulated |
| they | will have confabulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confabulate |
| you | confabulate |
| he;she;it | confabulate |
| we | confabulate |
| you | confabulate |
| they | confabulate |
Perfect
| I | have confabulated |
| you | have confabulated |
| he;she;it | have confabulated |
| we | have confabulated |
| you | have confabulated |
| they | have confabulated |
Imperfect
| I | confabulated |
| you | confabulated |
| he;she;it | confabulated |
| we | confabulated |
| you | confabulated |
| they | confabulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had confabulated |
| you | had confabulated |
| he;she;it | had confabulated |
| we | had confabulated |
| you | had confabulated |
| they | had confabulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confabulate |
| you | would confabulate |
| he;she;it | would confabulate |
| we | would confabulate |
| you | would confabulate |
| they | would confabulate |
Perfect
| I | would have confabulated |
| you | would have confabulated |
| he;she;it | would have confabulated |
| we | would have confabulated |
| you | would have confabulated |
| they | would have confabulated |
Imperative
| you | confabulate |
| we | Let's confabulate |
| you | confabulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'confabulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'confabulate'
contabulate,
coagulate,
combobulate,
configurate,
conflate,
conglobulate,
congratulate,
entabulate,
fabulate,
infibulate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin cōnfābulātus, perfect active participle of cōnfābulor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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"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 ...:]