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collogue

[ kuh-lohg ]

verb (used without object)

, Dialect.
, col·logued, col·lo·guing.
  1. to confer secretly.
  2. to plot mischief; conspire.


collogue

/ kɒˈləʊɡ /

verb

  1. 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.

But come, you make me only the more earnest to collogue with you.

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.

"I ain't wantin' ter collogue with sech," he averred cautiously.

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