conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; “They conspired to overthrow the government”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
complot (plural complots)
(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
complot (third-person singular simple present complots, present participle complotting, simple past and past participle complotted)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To plot together; conspire.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"plot, n. Etym: [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.]
Definition: A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.
Com*plot", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.] Etym: [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.]
Definition: To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
