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Plotted   /plˈɑtəd/  /plˈɑtɪd/   Listen
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Plot  v. t.  (past & past part. plotted; pres. part. plotting)  To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. " This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth."


Plot  v. t.  To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. "Plotting an unprofitable crime." "Plotting now the fall of others."


Plot  v. i.  
1.
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. "The wicked plotteth against the just."
2.
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. "The prince did plot to be secretly gone."





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"Plotted" Quotes from Famous Books



... months later it was discovered, beyond a doubt, that the law had taken the life of an innocent man, and that DeBar had been sent to the gallows by a combination of evidence fabricated entirely by the perjury of enemies. The law should have vindicated itself. But it didn't. Two of those who had plotted against DeBar were arrested, tried—and acquitted, a fact which goes to prove the statement of a certain great man that half of the time law is not justice. There is no need of going into greater detail about the trials of the three ...
— Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • James Oliver Curwood
... hev plotted an' worked evil since ther fust days ther white man come hyar, Bas," she declared. "Thar hain't no death too shameful fer ye—an' ther hain't no hate deeper then thet I feels fer ye. Ye've betrayed an' wronged me an' everybody I ever ...
— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck
... had done wrong? He seduced another man's wife, and that man one of his most faithful servants, one of the most brave and loyal generals of his army; and then, over and above his adultery, he had plotted the man's death, and had had him killed and put out of the way in as base, and ungrateful, and treacherous a fashion as I ever heard of. His whole conduct in the matter had been simply villanous. There is no word too bad for it. And do you fancy that he had to wait the greater part ...
— Sermons for the Times • Charles Kingsley
... so much commiseration for her on one occasion of his calling in Cook's Court in the absence of her perjured husband that she has of late habitually carried to him all her woes. Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs. Snagsby's peace. There is Mr. Guppy, clerk to Kenge and Carboy, who was at first as open as the sun at noon, but who suddenly shut up as close as midnight, under the influence—no doubt—of Mr. Snagsby's suborning and tampering. There is Mr. Weevle, friend of Mr. Guppy, ...
— Bleak House • Charles Dickens
... desert that had won him a place amongst Micipsa's children and a share in the Numidian crown. But qualities carry their responsibilities; the very distinction of his services made it the more incumbent on him to avenge a wrong. Adherbal had treacherously plotted against his life; the crime had been revealed and he had but taken steps to forestall it; the Roman people would not be acting justly or honourably, if they hindered him from taking such steps in his own defence as were the common ...
— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge


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