Intrigue /(ĭn*trēg")/

In·trigue

Intrigue

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Intrigued; p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing

  1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
  2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.

Intrigue

v. t.
  1. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obs.]
    How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives!
    — Dr. J. Scott.

Intrigue

n.
  1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.]
  2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
    Busy meddlers with intrigues of state.
    — Pomfret.
  3. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
  4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.
    The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues.