intrigue

Definitions

1. 1.To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
2. 2.To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.] How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! Dr. J. Scott.
3. 3.Intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
4. 4.A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret.
5. 5.The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope.
6. 6.A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to carry on a secret and illicit love or amour called?
• What is to fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.] How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! Dr. J. Scott called?
• What is intricacy; complication. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale called?
• What is a complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. Pomfret called?
• What is the plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope called?
• What is a secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. Swift called?