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collogues

collogues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collogue.

Meaning of collogue

Verb

collogue (third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguing, simple past and past participle collogued)

  1. (transitive) To coax (someone); also, to flatter (someone).
  2. (intransitive) To simulate belief.
  3. (intransitive, rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
    • 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 [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

Questions about collogues

What is collogues the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Collogues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collogue.

Words near collogues in the dictionary

  1. collodium
  2. colloform
  3. collography
  4. collogue
  5. collogued
  6. collogues
  7. colloguing
  8. colloid
  9. colloidal
  10. colloidal gold
  11. colloidal silver

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