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conspiration Now rare or Obs.|kɒnspɪˈreɪʃən|
[a. F. conspiration (13th c.), ad. L. conspīrātiōn-em, n. of action f. conspīrāre to conspire.]
†1. The action of conspiring; = conspiracy 1.
a1300Cursor M. 27662 (Cott.) O nith cums..conspiraciun [Cott. Galb. MS. Als of enuy comes..conspiraciones]. 1388Wyclif 2 Chron. xxxiii. 24 His seruauntis hadden swore to gyder [MS. 116, c 1430 bi conspiracioun had sworyn] aȝens hym. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xlvi. 175 How Subyon..made conspyracyoun ayenste her for to take her and haue her to his wyff. 1528Roy Sat., Cruell Kayface, full of crafty conspiracion. 1659Hammond On Ps. lxxxiii. 6 Annot. 415 The conjunction and continual conspiration of the enemies of God. 1802Ann. Reg. 178 The best concerted plans of conspiration.
†2. A conspiracy, plot; = conspiracy 2. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxvi. 5 Conspiracyons of oure foes. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 282 The..consperacyons made and wrought there..ayenst your Hyghnes. 1526Tindale Acts xxiii. 13 They were aboute xl which had made this conspiracion. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. iii. 43 You would see a more dangerous Conspiration. c1850J. Churchill Schiller's Wallenst. Camp xi. (Bohn) 167 'Tis a conspiration—a plot, I say!
3. fig. Conspiring, joint aspiration and effort, for one end or purpose; = conspiracy 3.
1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 79 A conspiration of all faculties. a1711Ken Serm. Wks. (1838) 113 Gracious persons..in whose hearts there is a conspiration of all the graces of His Holy Spirit. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. v. (1859) I. 84 All together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 545 One confession of faith, one conspiration of sanctity.
4. attrib.
1588Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 10 You of this conspiration house. |