conspiration

[ kon-spuh-rey-shuhn ]

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noun

joint effort.
Obsolete. conspiracy.

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conspi·ration·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conspiration¹

1275–1325; Middle English conspiracioun < Anglo-French; Middle French conspiration < Latin conspīrātiōn- (stem of conspīrātiō ), equivalent to conspīrāt ( us ) (past participle of conspīrāre to conspire ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

Typho was the brother of Osiris and Isis; for jealousy, and to usurp the throne, he formed a conspiration and killed his brother.

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Of this kind was the Conspiration de Walstein of Sarrasin, which, though incomplete, is admirable in style.

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