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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPLOT, n. 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, v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French complot crowd, plot Date: 1577 archaic plot, conspiracy II. verb Date: 1579 archaic plot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Rare.) Conspiracy, machination, intrigue, cabal, plot, combination.