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verb | noun intrigueintrigue1 /ɪnˈtrig/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYintrigue1Origin: 1600-1700 French intriguer, from Italian intrigare, from Latin intricare; ➔ INTRICATE VERB TABLEintrigue |
Present | I, you, we, they | intrigue | | he, she, it | intrigues | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | intrigued | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have intrigued | | he, she, it | has intrigued | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had intrigued | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will intrigue | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have intrigued |
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Present | I | am intriguing | | he, she, it | is intriguing | | you, we, they | are intriguing | Past | I, he, she, it | was intriguing | | you, we, they | were intriguing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been intriguing | | he, she, it | has been intriguing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been intriguing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be intriguing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been intriguing |
1[transitive] if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it is strange or mysterious: Other people’s houses always intrigue me. He was intrigued by the final line of the letter.2[intransitive] literary to make secret plans to harm someone or make him or her lose a position of power verb | noun intrigueintrigue2 /ˈɪntrig, ɪnˈtrig/ noun 1[uncountable] the act or practice of secretly planning to harm someone or make him or her lose a position of power: a story of political intrigue2[countable] a secret plan to harm someone or make him or her lose a position of power |