conspire

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None but lunatics could continue to conspire, after the conspiracy had been exposed and the conspirators arrested.

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  1. intransitive verb To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
  2. intransitive verb To join or act together; combine: "Semisweet chocolate, cocoa powder, espresso, Cognac, and vanilla all conspire to intensify [the cake's] flavor” (Sally Schneider).
  3. transitive verb To plan or plot secretly.

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  • The article accuses the three countries and three organizations of cooperating to conspire, adding that only through "providence and responsible, aware and capable security officials" were the plots to harm —  IMRA Middle East News Updates
  • The article accuses the three countries and three organizations of cooperating to conspire, adding that only through "providence and responsible, aware and capable security officials" were the plots to harm Egypt and its security exposed. —  Israel Matzav
  • And the king was afraid that Prigio would conspire, and get made king himself--which was the last thing Prigio really wanted. —  Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book"
  • I would not believe that a Carillo would plot, conspire, and rise again, after the terrible lesson he had received in 1838. —  The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California
  • We form a certain conception of the characters, it is true, from their designation; but actually we have to learn from the course of the words and speeches what goes on within, and here all the characters seem to have agreed not to leave us in the dark, in doubt, in any particular Illustration: THE OLD THEATRE, WEIMAR From a Water Color by Peter Woltze To this end all conspire--heroes and mercenaries, masters and slaves, kings and messengers; the subordinate figures, indeed, being often more effective in this respect than the superior ones. —  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
 

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  1. Middle English conspiren, from Old French, from Latin cōnspīrāre : com-, com- + spīrāre, to breathe.

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  1. from Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, French conspirer = Spanish Portuguese conspirar = Italian conspirare, from Latin conspirare, blow or breathe together, accord, agree, combine, plot, conspire, from com-, together, + spirare, blow, breathe; see spirit. Cf. aspire, expire, inspire, perspire, respire, transpire.
 

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