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1. (v.t.) intrigue
to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating qualities.
2. intrigue
to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.
3. intrigue
Obs. to entangle.
4. intrigue
Obs. to trick or cheat.
5. (v.i.) intrigue
to plot craftily or underhandedly.
6. intrigue
to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.
7. (n.) intrigue
the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
8. intrigue
such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing:
political intrigues.
9. intrigue
a secret or illicit love affair.
Etymology: (1640–50; < F intriguer < It intrigare < Upper It < L intrīcāre to entangle; see intricate)
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1. (noun) intrigue, machination
a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
2. (verb) intrigue
a clandestine love affair
3. (verb) intrigue, fascinate
cause to be interested or curious
4. (verb) scheme, intrigue, connive
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Intrigue
to form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice
2. (verb) Intrigue
to carry on a secret and illicit love or amour
3. (verb) Intrigue
to fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass
4. (verb) Intrigue
intricacy; complication
5. (verb) Intrigue
a complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem
6. (verb) Intrigue
the plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events
7. (verb) Intrigue
a secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison
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Sense: the activity of plotting or scheming; a plot or scheme
He became president as a result of (a) political intrigue.
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 Afrikaans: gekonkel |
 Arabic: مُؤامَرَه، مكيدَه |
 Bulgarian: интрига |
 Brazilian: intriga |
 Czech: pleticha |
 German: die Intrige |
 Danish: indtrige |
 Greek: ραδιουργία, μηχανορραφία, |
 Spanish: intriga |
 Estonian: salasepitsus |
 Farsi: نقشه؛ توطئه |
 Finnish: juonittelu |
 French: intrigue |
 Hebrew: מְזִימָה |
 Hindi: षड्यन्त्र |
 Croatian: spletka |
 Hungarian: cselszövés, intrika |
 Indonesian: intrik |
 Icelandic: ráðabrugg |
 Italian: intrigo |
 Japanese: 陰謀 |
 Korean: 음모 |
 Lithuanian: intrigos, pinklės |
 Latvian: intriga |
 Malay: rancangan jahat |
 Dutch: intrige |
 Norwegian: intrige(r) |
 Polish: intryga |
 Persian: دسيسه؛ توطئه |
 Pashto: لاره جوړونه د يو چا پر ضد |
 Portuguese: intriga |
 Romanian: intrigă; maşinaţie |
 Russian: интрига |
 Slovak: intriga, pletka,úklad |
 Slovenian: spletka |
 Serbian: intriga |
 Swedish: intrig |
 Thai: กลอุบายในการหลอกลวง |
 Turkish: entrika, dolap |
 Taiwanese: 陰謀 |
 Ukrainian: інтрига |
 Urdu: خفیہ سازش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: mánh khóe |
 Chinese: 阴谋 |
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