2. Verb. (third-person singular of intrigue) ¹
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Definition of Intrigues
1. intrigue [v] - See also: intrigue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrigues
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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