CONSPIRE, v.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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