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51plot — {{11}} O.E. plot small piece of ground, of unknown origin. Sense of ground plan, and thus map, chart is 1550s; that of plan, scheme is 1580s, probably by accidental similarity to complot, from O.Fr. complot combined plan, of unknown origin,… …
52plot — [11] Two separate and unrelated words have come together to form modern English plot. The earlier was late Old English plot, a term of unknown origin which denoted ‘area of ground’ (as in a ‘plot of land’). This subsequently developed to ‘ground… …
53Plot — Plọt 〈m. 6 oder n. 15〉 1. 〈im Roman, Drama u. Ä.〉 (Verwicklung der) Handlung, Inhalt, Konflikt 2. 〈EDV〉 graf. Darstellung eines Ergebnisses, eines funktionalen Zusammenhangs [engl., „Fabel, Handlung; graf. Darstellung“] * * * Plọt, der, auch:… …
54plot — (plo) s. m. 1° Anciennement, billot sur lequel le bourreau décapite. • S étant ajusté sur le plot, il [de Thou] reçut un coup sur l os de la tête qui ne fit que l écorcher, MONTRÉSOR Mém. t. II, p. 257, 1642, dans LACURNE. 2° Massif de… …
55plot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. diagram, plan, outline; field, enclosure, paddock, lot; scheme, conspiracy, intrigue, collusion. See region. v. conspire, machinate, scheme, intrigue; chart, plan, lay out. See cunning. II (Roget s… …
56plot — noun 1》 a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful. 2》 the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film. 3》 a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc. 4》 a graph showing the relation… …
57plot — 1. noun 1) a plot to overthrow him Syn: conspiracy, intrigue, stratagem, plan 2) the plot of her novel Syn: storyline, story, scenario, action, thread, narrative 3) …
58plót — a tudi ú m, daj., mest. ed. tudi plôtu; mn. plotóvi stil. plóti (ọ̑) ograja iz kolov, lat: postaviti plot; odtrgati lato s plota; lesti čez plot; vrata v plotu ∙ ekspr. še preko svojega plota ne vidi je omejen, zaverovan vase; ekspr. skakati čez …
59plot — I. n. 1. Plat, piece of ground. 2. Plan (of a piece of land), draught, sketch, outline. 3. Scheme (especially for a bad purpose), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination, plan, project, combination. 4. Story, intrigue. 5. Contrivance …
60plot — 1. Conspiracy. Kipi, ōhumu, ōhumu kipi, ho okahua kipi; waohua (rare). ♦ To plot evil, kālai ino, ho omakakī. 2. See lot. 3. Plot of story. Kahua o ka mo olelo …
