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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.
I know their complot is to have my life.
COMPLOT
,Verb.
T.
We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans.
Definition 2024
complot
complot
English
Noun
complot (plural complots)
- (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: / […]
- c. 1582–1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, Act 3, Scene 2:
Verb
complot (third-person singular simple present complots, present participle complotting, simple past and past participle complotted)
- (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.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 1, Scene 1:
Derived terms
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowing from English complot.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /kumˈpɫɔt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /komˈpɫɔt/
Noun
complot m (plural complots)
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) komplot
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)
Synonyms
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Middle French complot (“crowd, plot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.plo/
Noun
complot m (plural complots)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *palo-, *plō- (“to fold”)
Noun
complot n (plural comploturi)
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)
- (colloquial) plot, conspiracy