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English Dictionary: Dialogue by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dialogue
n
  1. a conversation between two persons [syn: dialogue, dialog, duologue]
  2. the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
    Synonym(s): dialogue, dialog
  3. a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"
    Synonym(s): dialogue, dialog
  4. a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians"
    Synonym(s): negotiation, dialogue, talks
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dialogue \Di"a*logue\ (?; 115), n. [OE. dialogue, L. dialogus,
      fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to converse, dia` through + [?] 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 Plato.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dialogue \Di"a*logue\, v. i. [Cf. F. dialoguer.]
      To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dialogue \Di"a*logue\, v. t.
      To express as in dialogue. [R.]
  
               And dialogued for him what he would say. --Shak.
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