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Webster 1913 Edition

Plot

Plot

,
Noun.
[AS.
plot
; cf. Goth.
plats
a patch. Cf.
Plat
a piece of ground.]
1.
A small extent of ground; a plat;
as, a garden
plot
.
Shak.
2.
A plantation laid out.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
3.
(Surv.)
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.

Plot

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Plotted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Plotting
.]
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
This treatise
plotteth
down Cornwall as it now standeth.
Carew.

Plot

,
Noun.
[Abbrev. from
complot
.]
1.
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue;
as, the Rye-house
Plot
.
I have overheard a
plot
of death.
Shakespeare
O, think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of
plots
and their last fatal periods!
Addison.
2.
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
[Obs.]
And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any
plot
in the divorce.
Milton.
3.
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
[Obs.]
“A man of much plot.”
Denham.
4.
A plan; a purpose.
“No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls.”
Jer. Taylor.
5.
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
If the
plot
or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the
plot
must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
Pope.
Syn. – Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance.

Plot

(plŏt)
,
Verb.
I.
1.
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
Shak.
The wicked
plotteth
against the just.
Ps. xxxvii. 12.
2.
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
The prince did
plot
to be secretly gone.
Sir H. Wotton.

Plot

,
Verb.
T.
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
“Plotting an unprofitable crime.”
Dryden.
“Plotting now the fall of others.”
Milton

Webster 1828 Edition

Plot

PLOT

,
Noun.
[a different orthography of plat.]
1.
A plat or small extent of ground; as a garden plot.
It was a chosen plot of fertile land.
When we mean to build,
We first survey the plot.
2.
A plantation laid out.
3.
A plan or scheme. [Qu. the next word.]
4.
In surveying, a plan or draught of a field, farm or manor surveyed and delineated on paper.

PLOT

,
Verb.
T.
To make a plan of; to delineate.

PLOT

,
Noun.
1.
Any scheme, stratagem or plan of a complicated nature, or consisting of many parts, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a mischievous one. A plot may be formed by a single person or by numbers. In the latter case, it is a conspiracy or an intrigue. The latter word more generally denotes a scheme directed against individuals; the former against the government. But this distinction is not always observed.
O think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods!
2.
In dramatic writings, the knot or intrigue; the story of a play, comprising a complication of incidents which are at last unfolded by unexpected means.
If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
3.
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot.
A man of much plot.

PLOT

,
Verb.
I.
To form a scheme of mischief against another, or against a government or those who administer it. A traitor plots against his king.
The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps.37.
1.
To contrive a plan; to scheme.
The prince did plot to be secretly gone.

PLOT

,
Verb.
T.
To plan; to devise; to contrive; as, to plot an unprofitable crime.

Definition 2024

plot

plot

See also: płot

English

Noun

plot ‎(plural plots)

  1. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
    • Alexander Pope
      If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
  2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
  3. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
  4. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
    The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
    The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
    • Shakespeare
      I have overheard a plot of death.
    • Addison
      O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
  5. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
    • Denham
      a man of much plot
  6. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
    • Milton
      And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
  7. A plan; a purpose.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

course of a story

Verb

plot ‎(third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)

  1. (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
    They had plotted a robbery.
  2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
    They plotted the number of edits per day.
  3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
    Every five minutes they plotted their position.
    • Carew
      This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.
  4. (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
    They were plotting against the king.

Translations

Synonyms

  • (contrive): becast
  • (conceive a crime, etc): scheme
  • (an area of land): lot

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From plotë.

Adverb

plot

  1. full, fully

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plotъ

Noun

plot m

  1. fence

Declension

Derived terms

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Verb

plot

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of plotten
  2. imperative of plotten

Luxembourgish

Verb

plot

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ploen
  2. second-person plural present indicative of ploen
  3. second-person plural imperative of ploen

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plotъ

Noun

plot m ‎(Cyrillic spelling плот)

  1. fence

Declension

Spanish

Noun

plot m ‎(plural plots)

  1. (story-telling) plot

Etymology

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot ‎(“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz ‎(“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet ‎(“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz ‎(“rags, bits, strip of land”), Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 ‎(plats, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of the "secret plan" sense.

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