Con"fab (?), n. [Contr. from confabulation.] Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
Con*fab"u*late (?), 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.
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no.
Cowper.
Con*fab`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. confabulatio.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter.
Burton.
Con*fab"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. Weever.
Con"fa*lon (?), n. [F. See Confalon.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.
Con*far`re*a"tion (?), 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.
Con*fat"ed (?), p. a. Fated or decreed with something else. [R.] A. Tucker.
Con*fect" (?), 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.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia.
W. Browne.