confabulate
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“We know people confabulate details in many situations, but it was neat to see this play out in the context of imagination,” McCoy says.
From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023
The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
In this manner, said my master, did the parson and I confabulate; and I set him down at his lodgings in the village.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel
Or rather a group of clusters, so placed that a dozen or more housewives could stand at their respective doors, very nearly facing one another, and confabulate without greatly raising their voices.
From A Traveller in Little Things by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
The two proud dowagers, Lady Lynn and Lady Ingram, confabulate together.
From Jane Eyre by Townsend, F. H.
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