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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Confabulatioun, n. Also: -atyoune, -acion. [ME. -acion (c 1450), L. confabulātio.] Conversation, talk. — c1420 Wynt. iv. 2649.
Quhare men gert a pentys ma Tyll hald confabilatyoune [W. -fabulatioun]
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