Intrigue

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
  • noun. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
  • noun. A clandestine love affair.
  • intransitive verb. To arouse the interest or curiosity of.
  • intransitive verb. To effect or cause to be accepted or rejected by secret scheming or plotting.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To entangle; involve; cause to be involved or entangled.
  • To plot for: scheme for.
  • To practise underhand plotting or scheming; exert secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose; seek to promote one's aims in devious and clandestine ways.
  • To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
  • noun. Intricacy; complication; maze.
  • noun. Secret or underhand plotting or scheming; the exertion of secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose.
  • noun. A clandestine plot; a scheme for entangling others, or for gaining an end by the exertion of secret influence: as, to expose an intrigue.
  • noun. The plot of a play, poem, or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves his imaginary characters.
  • noun. Clandestine intercourse between a man and a woman; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
  • intransitive verb. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
  • intransitive verb. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
  • noun. Intricacy; complication.
  • noun. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  • noun. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
  • noun. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  • noun. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
  • noun. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
  • verb. To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  • verb. To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  • verb. To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  • noun. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
  • noun. a clandestine love affair
  • verb. cause to be interested or curious
  • Word Usage
    "Patty and Una are right -- the intrigue is the fact that we see only enough of Kaleb to want more."
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