What does conspire mean?
Definitions for conspire
kənˈspaɪərcon·spire
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Princeton's WordNet
conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinateverb
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
"They conspired to overthrow the government"
conspire, colludeverb
act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
"The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall"
Wiktionary
conspireverb
To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal.
conspireverb
To agree, to concur to one end.
conspireverb
To try to bring about.
Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. uE000112896uE001 Bp. Hall.
Etymology: From conspirare, conspiro, from con-, combining form of cum + spiro
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CONSPIREverb
Etymology: conspiro, Latin.
Tell me what they deserve,
That do conspire my death with devilish plots
Of damned witchcraft? William Shakespeare, Richard III.What was it
That mov’d pale Cassius to conspire? William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.They took great indignation, and conspired against the king. Bel. 28.
Let the air be excluded; for that undermineth the body, and conspireth with the spirit of the body to dissolve it. Francis Bacon.
There is in man a natural possibility to destroy the world; that is, to conspire to know no woman. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age. Wentworth Dillon.
ChatGPT
conspire
To conspire means to secretly plan with one or more people to commit an illegal, harmful, or deceitful act. It often implies scheming or plotting for a shared purpose that is usually not in the common good. Conspiring can not only apply to physical actions but also to spreading misinformation, undermining individuals or groups, or attempting to manipulate outcomes or situations.
Webster Dictionary
Conspireverb
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
Conspireverb
to concur to one end; to agree
Conspireverb
to plot; to plan; to combine for
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Conspire
kon-spīr′, v.i. to plot or scheme together: to agree: to concur to one end.—v.t. to plan, devise.—n. Conspir′acy, the act of conspiring: a banding together for an evil purpose: a plot: concurrence.—adj. Conspir′ant, conspiring.—ns. Conspirā′tion, conspiracy; Conspir′ator, one who conspires:—fem. Conspir′atress.—adj. Conspiratō′rial.—n. Conspir′er (Shak.), conspirator.—adv. Conspir′ingly. [L. conspirāre—con, together, spirāre, to breathe.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conspire in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conspire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of conspire in a Sentence
I pleaded guilty to non-registration as a foreign agent. ( I'm) a person who did not do anything illegal, did not take any money, there were no victims, there wasn't even a person to conspire with, according to my documents, I did not register before hosting friendship dinners with an American citizen, non-registration is the only crime in my documents.
All of these things... conspire to make people very fearful, because they assume maybe this is the endgame for European Union, loyalism and unionism are always reactive and on the defensive mode, but now, unionism is having to react to different forces outside of its control.
Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.
To live is to conspire against death knowing that death is our best ally
Roger Stone did not conspire, collude, or do any action to subvert the electoral process, sadly, these meritless lawsuits against Roger Stone is not an effective form of therapy for loss Democratic National Convention suffered in 2016.
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