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A contriver; an intriguer. Shak.

To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] Bacon.

pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout. A spirit of cabal, intrigue, and proselytism pervaded all their thoughts, words, and actions. Burke.

complishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot. I have overheard a plot of death. Shak. O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods! Addison.

e addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician. Like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. Shak. The politician . . . ready to do anything that he apprehends for his advantage. South.

Debauchery; lewdness. The rakery and intrigues of the lewd town. R. North.

A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. [U.S.]

One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. Schemers and confederates in guilt. Paley.

of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy. Glanvill.

who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.] [Written also termor.] B. Jonson.

A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes. I was not made for a minion or a tool. Burks.

f the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress. Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. Hudibras.

To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.] South.

s are baked. -- Wafer woman, a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one employed in amorous intrigues. Beau. & Fl.

One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.

the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.