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[Jamie Baddeley]

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6 entries found for cabal.
ca=B7bal   Audio pronunciation of cabal ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k-bl,
-b=E4l)
n.
     1. A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers: =B4Espionage is
        quite precisely ita cabal of powerful men, working secretly=A1
        (Frank Conroy).
     2. A secret scheme or plot.

intr.v. ca=B7balled, ca=B7bal=B7ling, ca=B7bals=20

        To form a cabal; conspire.


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[French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabala. See kabbalah.]
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cabal

cabal was Word of the Day on September 25, 2001.


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cabal

\Ca*bal"\ (k[.a]*b[a^]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala
cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[=3Da]l[=3De]h reception, tradition, mysterious
doctrine, fr. q[=3Da]bal to take or receive, in Pi["e]l qibbel to adopt (a
doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.] --Hakewill.

2. A secret. [Obs.] ``The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but
lately.'' --B. Jonson.

3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote
their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a
secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.

Note: It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the
cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names
made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and
Lauderdale. --Macaulay.

4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a
close design; intrigue.

By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden.

Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy.

Usage: Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose
considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is
an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their
demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad
according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of
employers to effect or to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a
secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to
obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal,
employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up
an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things.
``Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to
combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society.
Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals.
Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy
and turbulent spirits for selfish purposes''. --Crabb.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, =A9 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.


cabal

\Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caballed (-b[a^]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote
private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.

Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, =A9 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.


cabal

n 1: a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: faction,
junta, junto, camarilla] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal
act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy] v : enter into a
conspiracy; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire,
complot]


Source: WordNet =AE 1.6, =A9 1997 Princeton University