confabulate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of confabulate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to confabulate
Participle: confabulated
Gerund: confabulating

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iconfabulate
youconfabulate
he;she;itconfabulates
weconfabulate
youconfabulate
theyconfabulate

Perfect

Ihave confabulated
youhave confabulated
he;she;ithas confabulated
wehave confabulated
youhave confabulated
theyhave confabulated

Past

Iconfabulated
youconfabulated
he;she;itconfabulated
weconfabulated
youconfabulated
theyconfabulated

Pluperfect

Ihad confabulated
youhad confabulated
he;she;ithad confabulated
wehad confabulated
youhad confabulated
theyhad confabulated

Future

Iwill confabulate
youwill confabulate
he;she;itwill confabulate
wewill confabulate
youwill confabulate
theywill confabulate

Future Perfect

Iwill have confabulated
youwill have confabulated
he;she;itwill have confabulated
wewill have confabulated
youwill have confabulated
theywill have confabulated

Subjunctive

Present

Iconfabulate
youconfabulate
he;she;itconfabulate
weconfabulate
youconfabulate
theyconfabulate

Perfect

Ihave confabulated
youhave confabulated
he;she;ithave confabulated
wehave confabulated
youhave confabulated
theyhave confabulated

Imperfect

Iconfabulated
youconfabulated
he;she;itconfabulated
weconfabulated
youconfabulated
theyconfabulated

Pluperfect

Ihad confabulated
youhad confabulated
he;she;ithad confabulated
wehad confabulated
youhad confabulated
theyhad confabulated

Conditional

Present

Iwould confabulate
youwould confabulate
he;she;itwould confabulate
wewould confabulate
youwould confabulate
theywould confabulate

Perfect

Iwould have confabulated
youwould have confabulated
he;she;itwould have confabulated
wewould have confabulated
youwould have confabulated
theywould have confabulated

Imperative

youconfabulate
weLet's confabulate
youconfabulate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam confabulating
youare confabulating
he;she;itis confabulating
weare confabulating
youare confabulating
theyare confabulating

Perfect

Ihave been confabulating
youhave been confabulating
he;she;ithas been confabulating
wehave been confabulating
youhave been confabulating
theyhave been confabulating

Past

Iwas confabulating
youwere confabulating
he;she;itwas confabulating
wewere confabulating
youwere confabulating
theywere confabulating

Pluperfect

Ihad been confabulating
youhad been confabulating
he;she;ithad been confabulating
wehad been confabulating
youhad been confabulating
theyhad been confabulating

Future

Iwill be confabulating
youwill be confabulating
he;she;itwill be confabulating
wewill be confabulating
youwill be confabulating
theywill be confabulating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been confabulating
youwill have been confabulating
he;she;itwill have been confabulating
wewill have been confabulating
youwill have been confabulating
theywill have been confabulating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be confabulating
youwould be confabulating
he;she;itwould be confabulating
wewould be confabulating
youwould be confabulating
theywould be confabulating

Perfect

Iwould have been confabulating
youwould have been confabulating
he;she;itwould have been confabulating
wewould have been confabulating
youwould have been confabulating
theywould have been confabulating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

discuss
deliberate, parley, consult, advise, converse, discourse, confer

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

  • "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 ...:]