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Webster 1913 Edition


Collude

Col-lude′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Colluded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Colluding
.]
[L.
colludere
,
-lusum
;
col-
+
ludere
to play. See
Ludicrous
.]
To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other’s hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
If they let things take their course, they will be represented as
colluding
with sedition.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Collude

COLLUDE

,
Verb.
I.
To play into the hand of each other; to conspire in a fraud; to act in concert.