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Complot
Pronunciation : Com"plot
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.]
Definition : Defn: A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Com*plot"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.]
Definition : Defn: To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.
t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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