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Meaning of 'intrigue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intrigue [ v. i.]
- To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
- To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
- Intricacy; complication.
- A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
- A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
2 . Intrigue [ v. t.]
- To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.

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intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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