COMPLOT

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


Etymology

Noun

complot (plural complots)

(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy

Verb

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



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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