English Dictionary: complot | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Complot \Com"plot\, n. [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See {Complicate}, and cf. {Plot}.] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Complot \Com*plot"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Complotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Complotting}.] [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.] To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans. --Pope. |