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Webster 1913 Edition
Dialogue
Di′a-logue
(?; 115)
, Noun.
[OE.
dialogue
, L. dialogus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to converse, διά
through + [GREEK] to speak: cf. F. dialogue
. See Legend
.] 1.
A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.
2.
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic;
as, the
. Dialogues
of PlatoDi′a-logue
,Verb.
I.
[Cf. F.
dialoguer
.] To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
[R.]
Shak.
Di′a-logue
,Verb.
T.
To express as in dialogue.
[R.]
And
dialogued
for him what he would say. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Dialogue
DIALOGUE
,Noun.
1.
A conversation or conference between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conversation in theatrical performances; also, an exercise in colleges and schools, in which two or more persons carry on a discourse.2.
A written conversation, or a composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing on some topic; as the dialogues of Cicero de Oratore, and de Natura Deorum.DIALOGUE
,Verb.
I.