About The Word Counterplot
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Counterplot
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What's The Definition Of Counterplot?
[n] a plot intended to subvert another plot
[v] make a plot in response to another plot Synonyms | Synonyms for Counterplot: Related Terms | Find terms related to Counterplot: 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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