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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Complot  \Com"plot\,  n.  [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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Complot  \Com*plot"\,  v.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  complot 
  v  :  enter  into  a  conspiracy;  "They  conspired  to  overthrow  the 
  government"  [syn:  {conspire},  {cabal}] 




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