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plotted, ppl. a.|ˈplɒtɪd|
[f. plot v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Planned, premeditated, pre-arranged by a plot.
1607Bp. Hall Ps. vii, Back to his own head shall rebound His plotted mischiefe. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. vii. 351 With wondrous confidence..he begun his plotted Tale. a1701Sedley Tyrant of Crete iv. iii, By miracle I scap'd thy plotted Mischiefs. 1899Mackail Life Morris I. 171 They [Greeks] slip out of the [Trojan] horse, and take their plotted ways.
2. Laid down or delineated on or in a plan or chart.
1612Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. vi. 98 Plow-shares for describing the content of plotted Cities. 1895–6Cal. Univ. Nebraska 134 A plotted chart of measurements is furnished to each student desiring it, at the cost of the price of the chart.
3. Constructed or furnished with a plot. Freq. with advs.
1704D'Urfey Tales Pref. a j b, The plotted Drama. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 11 Aug. 5/2 In our time it has become meaningless to produce a strongly plotted short story like Maupassant's The Necklace or a strongly plotted novel like David Copperfield. 1978Broadcast 28 Aug. 8/1 Plays which were both tightly plotted and eminently actable. 1979F. Kermode Genesis of Secrecy v. 113 We are more likely to remember a plotted narrative. |