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Counterplot

Counterplot Meaning & Definition
Counterplot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Counterplot?

[n] a plot intended to subvert another plot
[v] make a plot in response to another plot

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See Also | plot | plot | secret plan

Counterplot In Webster's Dictionary

\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. Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. --De Quinsey.
\Coun"ter*plot`\ (koun"t?r-pl?t`), n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. --L'Estrange.

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