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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Intrigue

In-trīgue', n.

noun

(in-trēg'), n. [Fr. intrigue, Sp. intriga, It. intrigo, from the verbs. See infra.]

Sense 1. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices. “Busy meddlers in intrigues of state.” Pomfret.

Sense 2. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events, intended to awaken interest in an audience or reader.

The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift.

Sense 3. A secret understanding or commerce of forbidden love between two persons of different sexes.

Sense 4. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Hale.

In-trigue', v. i.

verbintransitive

(in-trēg'), v. i. [imp. & p. p. INTRIGUED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTRIGUING.] [Fr. intriguer, Sp. intrigar, It. intrigare. See INTRICATE, v.]

  1. To form a plot or scheme, usually complicated, and intended to effect some purpose by secret artifices.
  2. To carry on a commerce of forbidden love.

In-trigue, v. t.

verbtransitive

(ĭn-trēg'), v. t. To perplex or render intricate. [Obs.]

How doth it perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives? Scott.