kənzˈpī(ə)r, -nˈsp-, -īə verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English conspiren, from Middle French conspirer, from Latin conspirare to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot, from com- + spirare to breathe, blow — more at spirit
transitive verb
1. : plot , plan , contrive
your fall and mine do they alike conspire — Robert Southey
2. obsolete : to unite in producing or contributing to
intransitive verb
1. : to make an agreement with a group and in secret to do some act (as to commit treason or a crime or carry out a treacherous deed) : plot together
conspire against the state
lamented that the English workers … had never learned to conspire — Time
2. : to concur or work to one end : act in harmony
circumstances of life have conspired … to render any fixed and authoritative belief incredible — Walter Lippmann