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A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.

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  1. n. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
  2. n. A clandestine scheme; a trick.
  3. 1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  4. n. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. n. A clandestine scheme; a trick.