Search for crossword answers and clues
Fortunately, allied forces have entered the graph and are busily ___
Answer for the clue "Fortunately, allied forces have entered the graph and are busily ___ ", 15 letters:
counterplotting
Word definitions for counterplotting in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of counterplot English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterplot \Coun`ter*plot"\ (koun`t?r-pl?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterplotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterplotting .] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. Every wile had proved abortive, every ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplan ] v. make a plot in response to another plot [also: counterplotting , counterplotted ]
Usage examples of counterplotting.
But the unsought favor of the government was as much a check as an assistance to Piero's schemes, bringing him so frequently into requisition for official intrigues that he had less opportunity for counterplotting, while his knowledge of State secrets which he might not compromise, of the far-reaching vision of Inquisitorial eyes, and of the swift and relentless execution of those unknown _osservatori_ who had been unfaithful to their primal duty as spies, made him dare less where others were concerned than he would have foretold before he had been admitted to these unexpected official confidences.
Never in a million years of corporate scheming-with all his plotting, counterplotting, and preparation for every eventuality-could he have expected it would come to this.