intrigue

1. v. i. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice. Source: opted

2. v. i. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour. Source: opted

3. v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. Source: opted

4. v. i. Intricacy; complication. Source: opted

5. v. i. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Source: opted

6. v. i. The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Source: opted

7. v. i. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison. Source: opted

8. n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends Source: wordnet

9. n. a clandestine love affair Source: wordnet

10. v. cause to be interested or curious Source: wordnet

11. v. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner Source: wordnet

12. 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. 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. 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 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. Source: webster

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