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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.

Definition 2024

complot

complot

English

Noun

complot ‎(plural complots)

  1. (archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
    • c. 1582–1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, Act 3, Scene 2:
      LOR. Now to confirme the complot thou hast cast
      Of all these practices, Ile spread the watch,
      Vpon precise commandement from the king
      Strongly to guard the place where Pedringano
      This night shall murder haples Serberine.
    • c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act 5, Scene 1:
      AARON: […] / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres,
      Acts of black night, abominable deeds,
      Complots of mischief, treason, villainies,
      Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd: / […]

Verb

complot ‎(third-person singular simple present complots, present participle complotting, simple past and past participle complotted)

  1. (archaic) To plot.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 1, Scene 1:
      BOLINGBROKE. […] Besides, I say and will in battle prove,
      Or here, or elsewhere to the furthest verge
      That ever was survey'd by English eye,
      That all the treasons for these eighteen years
      Complotted and contrived in this land,
      Fetch from false Mowbray their first head and spring.

Derived terms

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from English complot.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /kumˈpɫɔt/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /komˈpɫɔt/

Noun

complot m ‎(plural complots)

  1. conspiracy

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmˈplɔt/
  • Hyphenation: com‧plot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology

From French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”), from Middle French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”).

Noun

complot n ‎(plural complotten, diminutive complotje n)

  1. conspiracy

Synonyms

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.plo/

Noun

complot m ‎(plural complots)

  1. plot; conspiracy

Related terms

Middle French

Noun

complot m (plural complots)

  1. plot; conspiracy; complot

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *palo-, *plō- ‎(“to fold”)

Noun

complot n ‎(plural comploturi)

  1. complot, conspiracy

Related terms

  • complota
  • complotare
  • complotat (past participle of "complota")
  • complotist

Spanish

Etymology

From French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”), from Middle French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈplot/

Noun

complot m ‎(plural complots)

  1. (colloquial) plot, conspiracy

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French complot ‎(“crowd, plot”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌplɒt/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /kəmˈplɒt/

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