n. [ Contr. from confabulation. ] Familiar talk or conversation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
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 ]