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complottare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  • contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  • hatch noun A small door or opening, often in a floor, ceiling, wall, or vehicle.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.

Senses

complottare is used for these senses in English:

  • concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  • hatch (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  • plot (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

concoct — full definition

  1. verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  2. verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.

contrive — full definition

  1. verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  2. verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
  3. verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
  4. verb To spend (time, or a period).

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