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conspire
(encz) | conspire,spiknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Conspire
(gcide) | Conspire \Con*spire"\, v. t.
To plot; to plan; to combine for.
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Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. --Bp. Hall.
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Conspire
(gcide) | Conspire \Con*spire"\ (k[o^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Conspired (k[o^]n*sp[imac]rd"); 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.
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They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. --Gen.
xxxvii. 18.
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You have conspired against our royal person,
Joined with an enemy proclaimed. --Shak.
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2. To concur to one end; to agree.
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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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conspire
(wn) | conspire
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
machinate]
2: 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" [syn: conspire, collude] |
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coconspire
(encz) | coconspire, v: |
conspire
(encz) | conspire,spiknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
conspired
(encz) | conspired,spiknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Conspired
(gcide) | Conspire \Con*spire"\ (k[o^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Conspired (k[o^]n*sp[imac]rd"); 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.
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They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. --Gen.
xxxvii. 18.
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You have conspired against our royal person,
Joined with an enemy proclaimed. --Shak.
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2. To concur to one end; to agree.
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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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Conspirer
(gcide) | Conspirer \Con*spir"er\, n.
One who conspires; a conspirator.
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coconspire
(wn) | coconspire
v 1: conspire together; "The two men coconspired to cover up the
Federal investigation" |
conspire
(wn) | conspire
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
machinate]
2: 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" [syn: conspire, collude] |
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