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To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.

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  1. v. t. To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
  2. n. A plot or artifice opposed to another.
  3. n. a plot intended to subvert another plot
  4. v. make a plot in response to another plot
  5. To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. De Quinsey. A plot or artifice opposed to another. L'Estrange.
  6. To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt tofrustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.De Quinsey.
  7. n. a plot intended to subvert another plot v. make a plot in response to another plot