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in·trigue    Audio Help   [v. in-treeg; n. in-treeg, in-treeg] Pronunciation Key verb, -trigued, -tri·guing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
2.to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice.
3.to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.
4.to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.
5.Obsolete. to entangle.
6.Obsolete. to trick or cheat.
–verb (used without object)
7.to plot craftily or underhandedly.
8.to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.
–noun
9.the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
10.such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing: political intrigues.
11.a secret or illicit love affair.
12.the series of complications forming the plot of a play.

[Origin: 1640–50; < F intriguer < It intrigare < L intrīcāre to entangle; see intricate]

in·tri·guer, noun
in·tri·guing·ly, adverb

1. interest, attract, fascinate. 7. manipulate. 9, 10. manipulation. 10. See conspiracy.
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in·trigue    Audio Help   (ĭn'trēg', ĭn-trēg')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
    2. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
  1. A clandestine love affair.

v.   (ĭn-trēg') in·trigued, in·trigu·ing, in·trigues

v.   intr.
To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot.

v.   tr.
  1. To effect by secret scheming or plotting.
  2. To arouse the interest or curiosity of: Hibernation has long intrigued biologists.


[From French intriguer, to plot, from Italian intrigare, to plot, from Latin intrīcāre, to entangle; see intricate.]

in·trigu'er n., in'trigu'ing·ly adv.
Usage Note: The introduction of the verb intrigue to mean "to arouse the interest or curiosity of" was initially resisted by writers on usage as an unneeded French substitute for available English words such as interest, fascinate, or puzzle, but it now appears to be well established. Seventy-eight percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the sentence The special-quota idea intrigues some legislators, who have asked a Washington think tank to evaluate it, whereas only 52 percent accepted it in a 1968 survey.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
intrigue  (v.)
1612, "to trick, deceive, cheat," from Fr. intriguer, from It. intrigare "to plot, meddle," from L. intricare "entangle" (see intricate). Meaning "to plot or scheme" first recorded 1714. The noun is from 1647. Intriguing "exciting interest" is from 1909.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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intrigue

noun
1. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends 
2. a clandestine love affair 

verb
1. cause to be interested or curious 
2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
intrigue [inˈtriːg, ˈintriːg] noun
the activity of plotting or scheming; a plot or scheme
Example: He became president as a result of (a) political intrigue.
Arabic: مُؤامَرَه، مكيدَه
Chinese (Simplified): 阴谋
Chinese (Traditional): 陰謀
Czech: pleticha
Danish: indtrige
Dutch: intrige
Estonian: salasepitsus
Finnish: juonittelu
French: intrigue
German: die Intrige
Greek: ραδιουργία, μηχανορραφία, πλεκτάνη
Hungarian: cselszövés, intrika
Icelandic: ráðabrugg
Indonesian: intrik
Italian: intrigo
Japanese: 陰謀
Korean: 음모
Latvian: intriga
Lithuanian: intrigos, pinklės
Norwegian: intrige(r)
Polish: intryga
Portuguese (Brazil): intriga
Portuguese (Portugal): intriga
Romanian: intrigă; maşinaţie
Russian: интрига
Slovak: intriga, pletka, úklad
Slovenian: spletka
Spanish: intriga
Swedish: intrig
Turkish: entrika, dolap
intrigue1 [inˈtriːg, ˈintriːginˈtriːg] verb
to fascinate, arouse the curiosity of or amuse
Example: The book intrigued me.
Arabic: يَفْتِن، يَسْحَر
Chinese (Simplified): 引起…的好奇
Chinese (Traditional): 引起…的好奇
Czech: upoutat
Danish: fascinere; fængsle
Dutch: intrigeren
Estonian: huvi äratama
Finnish: kiehtoa
French: intriguer
German: fesseln
Hungarian: érdekel, izgat
Icelandic: vekja forvitni
Indonesian: mempesona
Italian: intrigare
Japanese: 好奇心をそそる
Korean: 흥미를 돋우다
Latvian: intriģēt; aizraut
Lithuanian: sudominti, intriguoti
Norwegian: fengsle, vekke interesse
Polish: (za)intrygować
Portuguese (Brazil): envolver
Portuguese (Portugal): intrigar
Romanian: a in­triga
Russian: заинтриговывать
Slovak: upútať
Slovenian: pritegniti
Spanish: intrigar
Swedish: fängsla, försätta i spänning
Turkish: merakını uyandırmak
intrigue2 [inˈtriːg, ˈintriːginˈtriːg] verb
to plot or scheme
Arabic: يَتآمَر على، يُدَبِّر مكيدَه
Chinese (Simplified): 策划;阴谋
Chinese (Traditional): 策劃;陰謀
Czech: intrikovat
Danish: intrigere
Dutch: intrigeren
Estonian: riukaid sepitsema
Finnish: juonitella
French: intriguer
German: intrigieren
Hungarian: intrikál
Icelandic: standa í ráðabruggi
Indonesian: berkomplot
Italian: fare intrighi*
Japanese: 陰謀する
Korean: 음모를 꾸미다
Latvian: vērpt intrigas
Lithuanian: regzti intrigas, *pinkles
Norwegian: intrigere
Polish: intrygować
Portuguese (Brazil): intrigar
Portuguese (Portugal): fazer intrigas
Romanian: a unelti
Russian: интриговать
Slovak: intrigovať
Slovenian: spletkariti
Spanish: intrigar
Swedish: intrigera, smida ränker
Turkish: entrika, *dolap çevirmek
See also: intriguing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Intrigue

En*trick"\, v. t. [Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer. Cf. Trick, Intrigue.] To trick, to perplex. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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Intrigue

In"tri*cate\, a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. --Addison.

The nature of man is intricate. --Burke.

Syn: Intricate, Complex, Complicated.

Usage: A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.
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Intrigue

In*trigue"\ ([i^]n*tr[=e]g"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intrigued (-tr[=e]gd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Intriguing.] [F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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