intrigue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intrigue	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intrigue n a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends Synonym(s): intrigue, machination a clandestine love affair v cause to be interested or curious [syn: intrigue, fascinate] form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner Synonym(s): scheme, intrigue, connive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intrigue \In*trigue"\, v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.] How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! --Dr. J. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intrigue \In*trigue"\, n. [Cf. F. intrique. See {Intrigue}, v. i.] 1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. --Pomfret. 3. The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. --Pope. 4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. --Swift. Syn: Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intrigue \Intrigue"\ ([icr]ntr[emac]g"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Intrigued} (-tr[emac]gd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Intriguing}.] [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See {Intricate}, {Extricate}.] 1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice. 2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.