Intrigue — Defs

01 v. i. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

imp. & p. p. Intrigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing

1.
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
2.
To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

02 v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.

1.
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.

03 n. Intricacy; complication.

1.
Intricacy; complication.[Obs.]
2.
A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
“Busy meddlers with intrigues of state.” — Pomfret.
3.
The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
4.
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.

Syn. Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.