1. (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

2. (n.) A plantation laid out.

3. (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.

4. (v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.

5. (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.

6. (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

7. (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

8. (n.) A plan; a purpose.

9. (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

10. (v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.

11. (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

12. (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

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