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n. a computer that represents information by continuously variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. apologous, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; from + &unr_; speech, &unr_; to speak: cf. F. apologue. ] A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ An apologue differs from a parable in this;: the parable is drawn from events which take place among mankind, and therefore requires probability in the narrative; the apologue is founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate things, and therefore is not limited by strict rules of probability. Æsop's fables are good examples of apologues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. &unr_; a counting up, list, fr. &unr_; to count up; kata` down, completely + &unr_; to say. ] A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically. --
Catalogue raisonné ety>[ F. ], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects.

Syn. -- List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catalogued p. pr. & vb. n. Cataloguing ] To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution. ] To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [ Archaic or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter,
Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. décalogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. &unr_;; de`ka ten + &unr_; speech, &unr_; to speak, to say. See Ten. ] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To express as in dialogue. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And dialogued for him what he would say. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to converse, dia` through + &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. dialoguer. ] To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ecloga, Gr. &unr_; a selection, choice extracts, fr. &unr_; to pick out, choose out; 'ek out + &unr_; to gather, choose: cf. F. égloque, écloque. See Ex-, and Legend. ] A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

n. [ F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. &unr_; conclusion, fr. &unr_; to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + &unr_; to say. See Legend. ] 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. euchologe. ] Euchology. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf. Logogram. ] (Phonography) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous. ] That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Idea + -logue, as in theologue: cf. F. idéologue. ] One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [ R. ] Mrs. Browning.

n. an adherent to or advocate of some ideology{ 3 }.
Syn. -- ideologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. monologue, Gr. &unr_; speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + lo`gos speech, discourse, le`gein to speak. See Legend. ] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dramatic composition for a single performer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + Gr. poly`s many + lo`gos speech. ] An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. myriologue, myriologie, NGr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. Gr. Moi^ra the goddess of fate or death + lo`gos speech, discourse. ] An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. [ Modern Greece ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mythology. ] A fabulous narrative; a myth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil? Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. philologue. ] A philologist. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. prologus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to say beforehand; &unr_; before + &unr_; to say. See Logic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales;” esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who delivers a prologue. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prologued p. pr. & vb. n. Prologuing. ] To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A psychologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. lo`gos discourse; formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue. ] A student of China and the Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, politics and culture. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. L. theologus, Gr. &unr_;, and E. philologue. ] 1. A theologian. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Jerome ] was the theologue -- and the word is designation enough. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A student in a theological seminary. [ Written also theolog. ] [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]