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conspired |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conspire \Con*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conspired}; p. pr & vb n. {Conspiring}.] [F. conspirer, L. onspirare 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. --Shak. 2. To concur to one end to agree. The press, the pulpit, and the stage Conspire to censure and expose our age. --Roscommon. Syn: To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.
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