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third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguing, simple past and past participle collogued
(intransitive) To simulate belief. examples
(transitive) To coax; to flatter. examples
(rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire. quotations
And then it seems that she collogued with her master and heard word of a subtler device.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
"I see him," said the housemaid. "He was colloguing with the butcher in the yard a bit since. He'd got a brown-paper parcel. Perhaps he got a lift home."
1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 1
Ay, well, what I say - " Flusky frowned, endeavouring to put into words just what he did say, when he collogued with his own thoughts. "What I say: in a country where everything's to do, the hands has a chance to put themselves equal with the head."
1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn (fiction)
You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner (fiction), William Blackwood and Sons