conspire
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP)
conspire (conspires, present participle conspiring; past and past participle conspired)
- (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results.
- Bible, Genesis xxxvii. 18
- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.
- Bible, Genesis xxxvii. 18
- (intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
- Roscommon
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- 1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 3, scene 5
- I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire
- To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.
- Roscommon
- (transitive) To try to bring about.
- Bishop Hall
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.
- (secretly plot) collogue
- German: verschören
- Portuguese: conspirar
- Russian: замышля́ть
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