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col·logue
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verb (used without object),
col·logued,
col·lo·guing.
Dialect
.
1.
to confer secretly.
2.
to plot mischief; conspire.
Origin:
1595–1605;
perhaps blend of
collude
and
dialogue
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collogue
(kɒˈləʊɡ)
—
vb
(usually foll
by with
) ,
collogues
,
colloguing
,
collogued
to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
[C16: perhaps from obsolete
colleague
(vb) to be or act as a colleague, conspire, influenced by Latin
colloquī
to talk with; see
colleague
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
collogue
1590s (implied in colloguing) "to flatter, curry favor," of unknown origin, perhaps from Fr. colloque "conference, consultation."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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