vi. 交谈, 闲谈, 谈话

Confabulate \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.