Definition of Overplot

1. to devise an overly complex plot for [v -PLOTTED, -PLOTTING, -PLOTS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overplot

overplans
overplant
overplanted
overplanting
overplants
overplay
overplayed
overplaying
overplays
overplease
overpleased
overpleases
overpleasing
overplied
overplies
overplot (current term)
overplots
overplotted
overplotting
overplough
overploughed
overploughing
overploughs
overplow
overplowed
overplowing
overplows
overpluck
overplucked
overplucking

Literary usage of Overplot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"What is the most important connecting link between the main plot and the overplot ? 9. Between the main plot and the ... Between the overplot and the ..."

2. The Evolution of Technic in Elizabethan Tragedy by Harriott Ely Fansler (1914)
"We agree in this technical study that the overplot is Senecan, or "Greek"; that Lear goes on to the completion of his purpose, ..."

3. Geschichte des Drama's by Julius Leopold Klein (1876)
"... als mit dem Herrn in Grün. Ein neuer overplot! Beim holden Schäfer Paris und bei der ... auf dem Stapel haben, als Beitrag für den Over- overplot.2) Zum ..."

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