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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

... began to conspire against me. Whatever I bought, I was sure to buy dearer, and when I sold, I was obliged to sell cheaper than any other. In fact, they were all united; and while they every day committed trespasses on my lands with impunity, if any of my cattle escaped into their ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... no one can say with whom she will ally herself. Hitherto she has been simply anti-Richelieu, and was his most troublesome and bitter enemy; and I should say that not improbably she will at once begin to conspire against Mazarin as she did against him. She has been the queen's greatest ally; but then the queen was always a bitter enemy of Richelieu, whereas at present it is supposed that she is strongly in favour ...

— Won by the Sword - A Story of the Thirty Years' War • G.A. Henty

... to expect from the Liberals but hard knocks," she said. "They plot and conspire; they murdered the Duc de Berri. Will they upset the Government? Never! You will never come to anything through them, while you will be Comte de Rubempre if you throw in your lot with the other side. You might render services to the State, and be a peer of France, ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

... would be taken in a comic-opera sense. In this respect the Negro is much in the position of a great comedian who gives up the lighter roles to play tragedy. No matter how well he may portray the deeper passions, the public is loath to give him up in his old character; they even conspire to make him a failure in serious work, in order to force him back into comedy. In the same respect, the public is not too much to be blamed, for great comedians are far more scarce than mediocre tragedians; ...

— The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man • James Weldon Johnson

... Henry's towards her. He saw the shrinking of the proud nature, and the pain thrilled through his own nerves as though the lash had touched himself. Presently it became a joy to him whenever he was in town to conspire with Evelyn Crowborough for her pleasure and relief. It was the first time he had ever conspired, and it gave him sometimes a slight shock to see how readily these two charming women lent themselves, on occasion, to ...

— Lady Rose's Daughter • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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