Found 2 items, similar to counterplot.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: counterplot counterplot n : a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplan] v : make a plot in response to another plot [also: counterplotting, counterplotted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Counterplot 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] Counterplot \Coun"ter*plot`\ (koun"t[~e]r-pl?t`), n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]