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   Intrigue , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.] [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
   To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
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   To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
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   Intrigue, v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.]
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   How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives!
   Dr. J. Scott.
   
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   Intrigue, n. [Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
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   Intricacy; complication. [Obs.]
   Sir M. Hale.
   
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   A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
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   Busy meddlers with intrigues of state.
   Pomfret.
   
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   The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
   Pope.
   
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   A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
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   The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues.
   Swift.
   Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
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