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collogue
[ kuh-lohg ]
verb (used without object)
, Dialect.
, col·logued, col·lo·guing.
- to confer secretly.
- to plot mischief; conspire.
collogue
/ kɒˈləʊɡ /
verb
- intrusually follby with to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collogue1
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collogue1
C16: perhaps from obsolete colleague (vb) to be or act as a colleague, conspire, influenced by Latin colloquī to talk with; see colleague
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Example Sentences
At night I see the two hold a sort of collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm.
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But come, you make me only the more earnest to collogue with you.
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At night I see the two hold a sort of a collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm.
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Collogue, to conspire, talk mysteriously together in low tones, plot mischief.
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"I ain't wantin' ter collogue with sech," he averred cautiously.
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