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verb (used without object), con·spired, con·spir·ing. to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
to act or work together toward the same result or goal: The wind and rain conspired to strip the trees of their fall color.
verb (used with object), con·spired, con·spir·ing. to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
Origin of conspire 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”; see origin at con-, spirant, spirit
SYNONYMS FOR conspire 1 complot, intrigue.
2 combine, concur, cooperate.
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synonym study for conspire 1 . See plot.
OTHER WORDS FROM conspire con·spir·er, noun con·spir·ing·ly, adverb non·con·spir·ing, adjective pre·con·spire, verb, pre·con·spired, pre·con·spir·ing.
un·con·spired, adjective un·con·spir·ing, adjective un·con·spir·ing·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH conspire connive, conspire Words nearby conspire conspiracy, conspiracy of silence, conspiracy theory, conspiration, conspirator, conspire , con spirito, const., constable, constable glass, Constable, John
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It is full of combinations of parts which constitute wholes, and of means which conspire to ends.
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British Dictionary definitions for conspire verb (when intr, sometimes foll by against ) to plan or agree on (a crime or harmful act) together in secret
(intr) to act together towards some end as if by design the elements conspired to spoil our picnic
Derived forms of conspire conspirer , noun conspiringly , adverb Word Origin for conspire C14: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre to plot together, literally: to breathe together, from spīrāre to breathe
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