Coun·ter·plot 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 plot had been counterplotted.   --De Quinsey.
  counterplotting
       See counterplot
  counterplot
       n : a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplan]
       v : make a plot in response to another plot
       [also: counterplotting, counterplotted]