collogue\kuh-LOHG\ , verb;

Aug 24, 2011 10:05

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1. To confer secretly.

Quotes:
But come, you make me only the more earnest to collogue with you.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, Septimius Felton

I lay patiently, gradually recovering, while they took it in turns to look into my eye and then collogue over me.
-- William Cooper, Scenes from married life

Origin:
Collogue appears in print around 1600, perhaps a blend of collude and dialogue.

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