dialogued

Dialogued is the past tense and past participle of the verb to dialogue, meaning to engage in a dialogue or exchange of ideas with another person or group. The act of dialoguing involves presenting questions and answers, listening to perspectives, and clarifying positions through conversation. It can describe formal, collaborative discussions as well as longer, reflective exchanges.

Dialogued appears most often in formal writing, diplomacy, journalism, and literary prose. In everyday speech, writers tend to use alternatives such as discuss, talk, or converse. Both spellings of the past tense are attested: dialogued (with -ue) and dialoged (without -ue). Choice often follows house style or regional convention. The verb commonly takes with or about, as in dialogued with negotiators or dialogued about policy, depending on the emphasis on the process versus the topic.

Etymology and usage notes: Dialogued derives from dialogue, which comes from French dialoguer and ultimately from Latin dialogus and Greek dialogos, meaning a conversation between people. The noun dialogue is widely used, while the verb form to dialogue is more formal and specialized, often reserved for contexts that emphasize the active, continuing exchange of ideas rather than a one-off remark. See also: dialogue, dialog, discuss, converse.