colloguing

col·logue

 (kə-lōg′)

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 US To conspire; intrigue: "I'm satisfied they're colloguing to beat me out of my place" (Dialect Notes).


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

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collogue

(kɒˈləʊɡ)

vb, collogues, colloguing or collogued

(usually foll: by with) to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire

[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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collogue


Past participle: collogued
Gerund: colloguing
Imperative
collogue
collogue
Present
I collogue
you collogue
he/she/it collogues
we collogue
you collogue
they collogue
Preterite
I collogued
you collogued
he/she/it collogued
we collogued
you collogued
they collogued
Present Continuous
I am colloguing
you are colloguing
he/she/it is colloguing
we are colloguing
you are colloguing
they are colloguing
Present Perfect
I have collogued
you have collogued
he/she/it has collogued
we have collogued
you have collogued
they have collogued
Past Continuous
I was colloguing
you were colloguing
he/she/it was colloguing
we were colloguing
you were colloguing
they were colloguing
Past Perfect
I had collogued
you had collogued
he/she/it had collogued
we had collogued
you had collogued
they had collogued
Future
I will collogue
you will collogue
he/she/it will collogue
we will collogue
you will collogue
they will collogue
Future Perfect
I will have collogued
you will have collogued
he/she/it will have collogued
we will have collogued
you will have collogued
they will have collogued
Future Continuous
I will be colloguing
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he/she/it will be colloguing
we will be colloguing
you will be colloguing
they will be colloguing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been colloguing
you have been colloguing
he/she/it has been colloguing
we have been colloguing
you have been colloguing
they have been colloguing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been colloguing
you will have been colloguing
he/she/it will have been colloguing
we will have been colloguing
you will have been colloguing
they will have been colloguing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been colloguing
you had been colloguing
he/she/it had been colloguing
we had been colloguing
you had been colloguing
they had been colloguing
Conditional
I would collogue
you would collogue
he/she/it would collogue
we would collogue
you would collogue
they would collogue
Past Conditional
I would have collogued
you would have collogued
he/she/it would have collogued
we would have collogued
you would have collogued
they would have collogued

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