v. Obs. Also 6 condogge. [Conjectured to be a whimsical imitation of concur (cur = dog); but no evidence has been found of its actual origin.] intr. To concur, agree.
1592. Lyly, Galathea, III. iii. 247. Often doth it happen, that the just proportion of the fire and all things concurre. R. Concurre, condogge, I will away.
1623. Cockeram, II., To Agree, Concurre, Cohere, Condog, Condiscend.
1637. Heywood, Royall King, III. Wks. 1874, VI. 47. Clown [to Bawd] Speake, shall you and I condogge together?
1649. News-Lett., 11 Jan., in Clarendon St. Papers, II. App. 4. So both juntos are agreed to condog together.
1678. Littleton, Lat. Eng. Dict., Concurro, to concur, to condog.
(A circumstantial statement purporting to relate how this word originated at the preparation of Littleton’s Lat. Eng. Dictionary is a notable instance of the fictions put in circulation before the history of words was investigated.)
