Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A complicated plot or scheme to accomplish a purpose by secret means. 2. (v. i.) To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour. 3. (v. t.) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass. 4. (v. i.) Intricacy; complication. 5. (n.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. 6. (n.) The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. 7. (n.) A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.

Multi-Version Concordance Intrigue (3 Occurrences) Daniel 8:23 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. (See NAS NIV) Daniel 11:21 In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries. (See NAS NIV) Hosea 7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. (See RSV NIV)