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▪ I. ˈcounterplot, n.
[counter- 3, 2.]
1. A plot contrived to defeat another plot.
c1611Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. 961 The Towns-men are not slow With counter-plots to counter-push their Foe. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. v. iii, Plot and counter-plot, egad! 1879Dixon Windsor II. vi. 60 The lords, suspecting his designs, were talking of a counterplot.
†2. A plotting against. Obs.
1664More Myst. Iniq. iv. 10 Such a Mystery as in effect is a real counterplot and undermining as well of the Privative as Positive Scope of the Gospel of Christ.
▪ II. ˈcounterˌplot, v.
[counter- 1.]
1. intr. To devise a counterplot against; to plot in opposition.
1597Daniel Civ. Wars Wks. (1717) 55 You have great Cause your Subjects to suspect, And counterplot against their Subtilties. 1675Art Contentm. i. §1. 176 When lapsed man had counterplotted against himself, defeated the purpose of the Divine goodness, etc. 1861Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. xv. 535 Against these plots the bishop counterplotted.
2. trans. To plot against (a plot, or plotter); to frustrate by a counterplot.
1662Pepys Diary 27 June, He do counterplot them by setting him up higher still. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 55 Their plotted contrived evil was counter-plotted and contrived by God for good. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 885 He was Counter-plotted by the other's Policy. 1711W. King tr. Naude's Ref. Pol. iii. 69 It is permitted to counter⁓plot what is plotted against us. 1887Spectator 27 Aug. 1160 To counterplot that infamous trickster.
Hence ˈcounterˌplotter, -ˌplotting vbl. n.
1642Milton Apol. Smect. xii, The endless brabbles and counterplottings of the Bishops. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 209 All his stratagems..and all your pretty counterplottings. 1883D. H. Wheeler By-ways of Lit. viii. 147 Marc Antony the counterplotter. |