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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 chat; to prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. confabulatio. ] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Confalon. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. confarreatio, fr. confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain. ] (Antiq.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Fated or decreed with something else. [ R. ] A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n. Confecting. ] [ L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit. ] 1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Saffron confected in Cilicia. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ My joys ] are still confected with some fears. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A comfit; a confection. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]