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1Plot — Plot, n. [Abbrev. from complot.] 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye house… …
2Plot — may refer to: * Plot (narrative), the order of events in a narrative or any other type of story. **Plot device, an element introduced into a story solely to advance or resolve the plot of the story * a conspiracy * a chart or diagram * the output …
3Plot — Plot, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. {Plat} a piece of ground.] 1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surv.) A plan or draught… …
4Plot — Plot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plotting}.] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. [1913 Webster] This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew. [1913 Webster] …
5Plot — (pl[o^]t), v. i. 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak. [1913 Webster] The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii. 12. [1913 Webster] 2. To contrive a… …
6Plot — Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. Plotting an unprofitable crime. Dryden. Plotting now the fall of others. Milton [1913 Webster] …
7plot — plotful, adj. plotless, adj. plotlessness, n. /plot/, n., v., plotted, plotting. n. 1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government. 2. Also called storyline.… …
8Plot — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Patronyme 2 Plot de fondation …
9plot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Date: before 12th century 1. a. a small area of planted ground < a vegetable plot > b. a small piece of land in a cemetery c. a measured piece of land ; lot 2. ground plan …
10Plot — Der Begriff Plot bezeichnet die Ausgabe eines Kurvenschreibers, des Plotters die Darstellung einer mathematischen Funktion, den Funktionsgraphen in der Dramaturgie den ursächlichen Zusammenhang eines vorgestellten Ereignisverlaufs zu einem… …
