Definition of Intrigues

1. Noun. (plural of intrigue) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of intrigue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intrigues

1. intrigue [v] - See also: intrigue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrigues

intrications
intrichi
intrico
intricoes
intrigant
intrigante
intrigants
intrigoes
intriguant
intriguants
intrigued
intriguer
intriguers
intriguery
intrigues (current term)
intriguing
intriguingly
intrince
intrinse
intrinsic
intrinsic asthma
intrinsic brightness
intrinsic brightnesses
intrinsic colour
intrinsic deflection
intrinsic dysmenorrhoea
intrinsic factor
intrinsic fibres
intrinsic fraud

Literary usage of Intrigues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The fact that these intrigues were not completely successful and that the Athenians, forewarned and filled with distrust, rendered the task of the ..."

2. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"... displeasure by his intrigues—Isabella d'Este's correspondence with the Duke of Milan—Leonardo in the Castello—Death of Charles VIII. ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"These ostensible reasons, which faintly disguise the obscure intrigues of the palace of Ravenna, were supported by the authority of Stilicho? and obtained, ..."

4. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... against the Cardinal d'Ossat—Examination of the sentiments and conduct of the cardinal —Affairs of the Low Countries—intrigues of the Duke of Bouillon, ..."

5. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"... of -the English Peace-Party — Letters aad intrigues of Do Loo — Drake's ... of the Peace-intrigues — Unhandsome Treatment of Leicester—Indignation of ..."

6. The History of Spain: From the Establishment of the Colony of Gades by the by Charles John Ann Hereford (1793)
"... Expedition into France—Relieves Rouen—Eludes Henry—His Death--Commotions in Spain-—intrigues of Philip in France—Erne/I, ..."

7. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"AD 1801. Approaching tall of Jlr. I'itt. intrigues of Lord ... This result was mainly brought about by the intrigues of Lord Loughborough. ..."

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