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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Counterplot

/(koun`t?r-pl?t")/ · Coun·ter·plot · IPA /ˈkaʊn.tɚ.plɑt/
01 v. t. To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
imp. & p. p. Counterplotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterplotting
  1. 1.
    To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
    “Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.” — De Quinsey.
02 n. A plot or artifice opposed to another.
  1. 1.
    A plot or artifice opposed to another.