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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Complot \Com*plot"\, verb (used with an object) & 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Complot \Com"plot\, noun [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: verb 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: {conspire}, {cabal}, {conjure}, {machinate}] [also: {complotting}, {complotted}] |
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