In*trigue" (&ibreve;n*trēg"), v.
i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued (-
trēgd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.]
[F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It.
intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
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.
In*trigue", v. t. 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.
In*trigue", n. [Cf. F. intrique.
See Intrigue, v. i.]
1. Intricacy; complication. [Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
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.
Pope.
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.
Swift.
Syn. -- Plot; scheme; conspiracy; machination.
