Definition of intrigue

• v. i. - To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
• v. i. - To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.
• v. t. - To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.
• v. i. - Intricacy; complication.
• v. i. - A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
• v. i. - The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.
• v. i. - A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.