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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERPLOT

n. 1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.
2. A clandestine scheme.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERPLOT

UNDERPLOT Un "der *plot `, n.

1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.

2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.

New American Oxford Dictionary

underplot

un der plot |ˈəndərˌplät ˈəndərplɑt | ▶noun a subordinate plot in a play, novel, or similar work.

Oxford Dictionary

underplot

under |plot |ˈʌndəplɒt | ▶noun a subordinate plot in a play, novel, or similar work.