PLOT
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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.
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2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
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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.
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This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.
Carew.
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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 Plot.
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I have overheard a plot of death.
Shak.
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O, think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
Addison.
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2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]
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And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.
Milton.
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3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. [Obs.] “A man of much plot.” Denham.
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4. A plan; a purpose. “No other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls.” Jer. Taylor.
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5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
Pope.
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Syn. -- Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance.
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Plot (plŏt), v. i. 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak.
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The wicked plotteth against the just.
Ps. xxxvii. 12.
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2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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The prince did plot to be secretly gone.
Sir H. Wotton.
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Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. “Plotting an unprofitable crime.” Dryden. “Plotting now the fall of others.” Milton
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