intriguev. i.[F. intriguer, OF. intriquer, entriquer; cf. It. intrigare. See Intricate, Extricate.]1. To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.()2. To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour.()v. t. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate; to embarrass.()How doth it [sin] perplex and intrique the whole course of your lives! (Dr. J. Scott.)n.[Cf. F. intrique. See Intrigue, v. i.]()1. Intricacy; complication.(Sir M. Hale.)2. A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.()Busy meddlers with intrigues of state. (Pomfret.)3. The plot of a play or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events.(Pope.)4. A secret and illicit love affair between two persons of different sexes; an amour; a liaison.()The hero of a comedy is represented victorious in all his intrigues. (Swift.)()