CONSPIRE


Meaning of CONSPIRE in English

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

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