collogue

[ kuh-lohg ]
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verb (used without object),col·logued, col·lo·guing.Dialect.
  1. to confer secretly.

  2. to plot mischief; conspire.

Origin of collogue

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain

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How to use collogue in a sentence

  • At night I see the two hold a sort of collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm.

    The Green Hand | George Cupples
  • But come, you make me only the more earnest to collogue with you.

    Septimius Felton | Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • At night I see the two hold a sort of a collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm.

  • collogue, to conspire, talk mysteriously together in low tones, plot mischief.

    The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
  • "I ain't wantin' ter collogue with sech," he averred cautiously.

    His Unquiet Ghost | Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)

British Dictionary definitions for collogue

collogue

/ (kɒˈləʊɡ) /


verbcollogues, colloguing or collogued
  1. (intr usually foll by with) to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire

Origin of collogue

1
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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