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col·logue  (k-lg)

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).

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[Perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin colloqu, to converse) of colleague, to enter into an alliance, from Old French colleguer, from Latin colligre, to collect (influenced by Old French collegue, colleague); see colligate.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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"