Part 6022

<hw>In"tri*cate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.</def>

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<hw>In`tri*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Entanglement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Intrigante</h1> <Xpage=782>

<hw>In`tri`gante"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A female intriguer.</def>

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<h1>Intrigue</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trigue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intrigued</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intriguing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>intriguer</ets>, OF. <ets>intriquer</ets>, <ets>entriquer</ets>; cf. It. <ets>intrigare</ets>. See <er>Intricate</er>, <er>Extricate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.</def>

<h1>Intrigue</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trigue"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>How doth it perplex and <b>intrique</b> the whole course of your lives! <i>Dr. J. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intrigue</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trigue"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>intrique</ets>. See <er>Intrigue</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Intricacy; complication.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.</def>

<blockquote>Busy meddlers with <b>intrigues</b> of state. <i>Pomfret.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.</def>

<blockquote>The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his <b>intrigues</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.</syn>

<h1>Intriguer</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trigu"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who intrigues.</def>

<h1>Intriguery</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trigu"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Arts or practice of intrigue.</def>