Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dialogue"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dialogue
n 1: a conversation between two persons [syn: {dialog}, {duologue}]
2: the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction [syn: {dialog}]
3: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between
two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original
Greek" [syn: {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" [syn: {negotiation}, {talks}]
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