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Webster 1913 Edition

Conspire

Con-spire′

(kŏn-spīr′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conspired
(kŏn-spīrd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conspiring
.]
[F.
conspirer
, L.
conspirare
to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot;
con-
+
spirare
to breathe, blow. See
Spirit
.]
1.
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.
They
conspired
against [Joseph] to slay him.
Gen. xxxvii. 18.
You have
conspired
against our royal person,
Joined with an enemy proclaimed.
Shakespeare
2.
To concur to one end; to agree.
Syn. – To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.

Con-spire′

,
Verb.
T.
To plot; to plan; to combine for.
Angry clouds
conspire
your overthrow.
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conspire

CONSPIRE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to plot; to breathe. But the primary sense is to throw, to wind; hence spira, a fold, circle, wreath or band; and the sense of the verb is, to breathe together, or more probably, to wind or band together.]
1.
To agree, by oath, covenant or otherwise, to commit a crime; to plot; to hatch treason.
The servants of Ammon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 2 Kings 21.
They conspired against Joseph to slay him. Genesis 37.
2.
In law, to agree falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony.
3.
To agree; to concur to one end.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage, conspire to censure and expose our age.
All things conspire to make us prosperous.

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