Counterplot

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterplot \Coun`ter*plot"\ (koun`t?r-pl?t"), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Counterplotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterplotting}.]
     To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to
     frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
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           Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been
           counterplotted.                          --De Quinsey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterplot \Coun"ter*plot`\ (koun"t[~e]r-pl?t`), n.
     A plot or artifice opposed to another. --L'Estrange.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  counterplot
       n : a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: {counterplan}]
       v : make a plot in response to another plot
       [also: {counterplotting}, {counterplotted}]