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/kənspˈaɪər/ Listen

verb

Conspire v. t. To plot; to plan; to combine for. "Angry clouds conspire your overthrow."

Conspire v. i. (past & past part. conspired; pres. part. conspiring)

To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together. "They conspired against (Joseph) to slay him." "You have conspired against our royal person, Joined with an enemy proclaimed."

To concur to one end; to agree. "The press, the pulpit, and the stage Conspire to censure and expose our age."

Synonyms: To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.

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Etymology of 'Conspire'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conspire" Quotes from Famous Books

... proposes to Johnston "a modification of the abandoned plan," viz.: "to attack with the" Rebel "right, while the left stands on the defensive." But rapidly transpiring events conspire to make even the ...

— The Great Conspiracy, Complete • John Alexander Logan

... by Nanni di Baccio Bigio, continued to annoy and conspire against the aged architect, and though Michael Angelo brought their machinations to the notice of the Superintendent of the Fabric in 1547,(162) he could not ...

— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd

... Watering his laurels with the killing tears Of slow, dull care, so that their roots to Hell Might pierce, and their wide branches blot the spheres Of Heaven, with dewy leaves and flowers; this well 30 May be, for Heaven and Earth conspire to foil The over-busy gardener's ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... several rouleaux of gold are ranged on a cabinet beside the bed. Kruitzner, who is armed with "a large and sharp knife," is suddenly confronted with his unarmed and slumbering foe, and though habit and conscience conspire to make murder impossible, he yields to a sudden and irresistible impulse, and snatches up "the portion of gold which is nearest." He has no sooner returned to his wife and confessed his deed, than ...

— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron

... received little or no consideration, judging from what one may observe who chooses to look about them. Circumstances entirely beyond the control of most people conspire to locate for them their places of abode, and when originally selected no regard was paid to sanitary laws, and the result many times has been the forfeiture of precious lives ...

— Minnesota; Its Character and Climate • Ledyard Bill

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