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ich two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Enfield.

One of the speakers in a dialogue. Derham.

A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. Weever.

Colloqual discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.

Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation.

Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton.

In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.

An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke.

A speaker in a dialogue.

Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue. -- Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby.

Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.

Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out. Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. Jeffry.

o stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.

Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.

One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor.

Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational. Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes.