"dialogue," trans.

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has a unique ex. of "dialogue" dated 1699 in the sense "to converse with."  It is marked obsolete. The author was a Mr Bugg.

The word has apparently been rediscovered, though usu. it is used in a narrower sense, namely "to engage in a serious dialogue with; speak seriously with, esp. in order to persuade."

1992 David Burke _Street Talk 2_ (L.A.: Optima Books, 1992) 76 Jus' go up an' dialogue 'er. No biggy! _Ibid._ 77  There's my favorite movie star! I'm gonna go dialogue her....Synonym: to chew the fat with someone.

1997 (June 11) uwo.comp.helpdesk  (Usenet) For those who are angry, we try to  dialogue them into understanding that this isn't the place or time to find fault.

2000 (Aug. 29)  alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox (Usenet) She is in that transitional group, but her peity is very beautiful and yet.....no one , not even she would "dialogue" her backwards into some Uniate state.

2001 (Apr. 8) soc.culture.nigeria (Usenet) And we can evaluate it responsibly. If we are unable to exchange ideas, how can we engage the leaders or dialogue them out.

2004 (July 24) soc.culture.lebanon (Usenet) I would have preferred to meet the guy, dialogue him and on that basis it would be safer to make my judgement , not a hasty emotional one .

The 1992 ex. appears in a book intended to increase the vocabularies of non-native speakers.

JL


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