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conspire

[ kuhn-spahyuhr ]

verb (used without object)

, con·spired, con·spir·ing.
  1. to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal:

    They conspired to kill the king.

    Synonyms: intrigue, complot

  2. to act or work together toward the same result or goal:

    The wind and rain conspired to strip the trees of their fall color.

    Synonyms: cooperate, concur, combine



verb (used with object)

, con·spired, con·spir·ing.
  1. to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).

conspire

/ kənˈspaɪə /

verb

  1. to plan or agree on (a crime or harmful act) together in secret
  2. intr to act together towards some end as if by design

    the elements conspired to spoil our picnic



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Derived Forms

  • conˈspiringly, adverb
  • conˈspirer, noun

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Other Words From

  • con·spir·er noun
  • con·spir·ing·ly adverb
  • non·con·spir·ing adjective
  • pre·con·spire verb preconspired preconspiring
  • un·con·spired adjective
  • un·con·spir·ing adjective
  • un·con·spir·ing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conspire1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre “to act in harmony, conspire,” equivalent to con- + spīrāre “to breathe”; con-, spirant, spirit

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conspire1

C14: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre to plot together, literally: to breathe together, from spīrāre to breathe

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Synonym Study

See plot.

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Example Sentences

The girls very much wanted to conspire with me to make that happen.

But ill-considered personal choices and the accidents of history always seemed to conspire against Marrero.

They plot, conspire and work hand-in-hand toward the common goal of Jewish domination.

Steve Jobs and now Tim Cook did not conspire to undermine American labor and underpay Chinese workers.

Later, when they venture out, rain and fog conspire to limit their view, even in unfamiliar surroundings.

The claims of its glorious Object, its own essential nature, and its design, all conspire in this.

All shall conspire in favour of the church, which in the following verse is called Jezrahel, that is, the seed of God.

The enemy hates him bitterly, and would welcome an opportunity, would even conspire, to hang him.

About that time he began to conspire with a view to restore the son of Queen Isabella.

Theologians tell and repeat to us that man is free, while all their teachings conspire to destroy his liberty.

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