The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brigue \Brigue\, n. [F. brigue, fr. LL. briga quarrel. See
Brigand.]
A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.
[Obs.]
--Chesterfield.
Brigue \Brigue\, v. i. [F. briguer. See Brigue, n.]
To contend for; to canvass; to solicit. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hurd.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) intrigue, secretive machinations. vb. (context obsolete English) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
Usage examples of "brigue".
Chassee sera la barbarique Ligue: Des deux loix l'vne l'estinique laschera, Barbare & franche en perpetuelle brigue.
It was only people who got out at Brigue or Lausanne who had to go through customs in the stations.
But it was not until 1390 that the first secular trial for witchcraft - quite unconnected with heresy - took place in Paris: a woman named Jehanne de Brigue was accused by a man of saving his life by witchcraft when he was on the point of death.