Conspire Definition

kən-spīr
conspired, conspires, conspiring
verb
conspired, conspires, conspiring
To plan and act together secretly, esp. in order to commit a crime.
Webster's New World
To plan or plot.
Webster's New World
To combine or work together for any purpose or toward any effect.
Events conspired to ruin him.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Conspire

  • Middle English conspiren from Old French from Latin cōnspīrāre com- com- spīrāre to breathe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Conspire Sentence Examples

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

  • In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the royalist pretenders.

  • Expelled from France, he joined Mazzini in London, and continued to conspire for the redemption of Italy.

  • Our criminal laws make it a felony to conspire to torture a detainee abroad.

  • During Macdonald's administration the Sudanese under Selim Bey began to conspire against the British control.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

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EREIRE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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