Intrigue
Intrigue (in*trēg") , intransitive verb
[French intriguer, Old French intriquer, entriquer; compare Italian intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]
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.
Intrigue , transitive verb
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. [Obsolete]
How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives!
Intrigue , noun
[Compare French intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]
1.
Intricacy; complication. [Obsolete] — 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.
3.
The plot of a play 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.