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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a plot intended to subvert another plot;
[syn: counterplot, counterplan]


VERB (1)

1. make a plot in response to another plot;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Counterplot \Coun`ter*plot"\ (koun`t?r-pl?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterplotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterplotting.] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. [1913 Webster] Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. --De Quinsey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Counterplot \Coun"ter*plot`\ (koun"t[~e]r-pl?t`), n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

counterplot n 1: a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplot, counterplan] v 1: make a plot in response to another plot