Plot
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A plantation laid out.
(2): ( n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
(3): ( v. t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
(6): ( n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
(7): ( n.) A plan; a purpose.
(8): ( n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
(9): ( v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
(10): ( v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
(11): ( v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
(12): ( 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.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
lit., "a plan against" (epi, "against," boule, "a counsel, plan"), is translated "plot" in the RV (AV, "laying await" and "lying in wait") in Acts 9:24; 20:3,19; 23:30 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [3]
See Conspiracy.
