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Webster 1913 Edition

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.
Shakespeare

Com-plot′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Complot

COMPLOT

,
Noun.
A plotting together; a joint plot; a plot; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
I know their complot is to have my life.

COMPLOT

,
Verb.
T.
To plot together; to conspire; to form a plot; to join in a secret design, generally criminal.
We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans.

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