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com·plot (käm′plät; for v. kəm plät′)

noun

Archaic a plotting together; conspiracy

Etymology: Fr < OFr complote, agreement (earlier, a crowd) < ? *compeloter, to form into a ball < com-, together + pelote, a ball, ult. < L pila, a ball

transitive verb, intransitive verb complotted -·plot′·ted, complotting -·plot′·ting

Archaic to plot together; conspire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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