counterplot

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English

WOTD – 20 June 2010

Etymology

From counter- +‎ plot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

counterplot (plural counterplots)

  1. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

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Verb

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  1. (intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
    • De Quincey
      Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:
      […] for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him.

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