col·logue (k -l g )intr.v. col·logued, col·logu·ing, col·logues 1. To be on friendly or intimate terms with someone. 2. a. To consult or confer with someone. b. To chat. 3. Chiefly Upper Southern U.S. To conspire; intrigue: "I'm satisfied they're colloguing to beat me out of my place" (Dialect Notes). [Perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin colloqu  , to converse) of colleague, to enter into an alliance, from Old French colleguer, from Latin collig re, to collect (influenced by Old French collegue, colleague); see colligate.] |
collogue [kɒˈləʊg]
vb collogues, colloguing, collogued
(intr; usually foll by with) to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
[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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| Verb | 1. | collogue - confer secretly confer, confab, confabulate, consult - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" |
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