COLLOGUE

collogue

(verb) confer secretly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

collogue (third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguing, simple past and past participle collogued)

(intransitive) To simulate belief.

(transitive) To coax; to flatter.

(rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.

Source: Wiktionary


Col*logue", v. i. Etym: [Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution.]

Definition: To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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