plot

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1. 1.A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. 2.(Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
3. 3.To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew.
4. 4.Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot. I have overheard a plot of death. Shak. O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods! Addison.
5. 5.A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.] And when Christ saith. Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce. Milton.
6. 6.Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] "A man of much plot." Denham.
7. 7.A plan; a purpose. "No other plot in their religion but serve Got and save their souls." Jer. Taylor.
8. 8.In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before. Pope.
9. 9.To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak. The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii.
10. 10.2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. Sir H. Wotton.
11. 11.To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. "Plotting an unprofitable crime." Dryden. "Plotting now the fall of others." Milton

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

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• What is a plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney called?
• What is a plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale called?
• What is to make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew called?
• What is contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] "A man of much plot." Denham called?
• What is a plan; a purpose. "No other plot in their religion but serve Got and save their souls." Jer. Taylor called?
• What is to form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak. The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii called?
• What is 2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone. Sir H. Wotton called?
• What is to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. "Plotting an unprofitable crime." Dryden. "Plotting now the fall of others." Milton called?