Synonyms for conspire
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-spahyuhr |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspaɪər |
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Définition of conspire
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French conspirer (14c.), from Latin conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," literally "to breathe together," from com- "together" (see com-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Or perhaps the notion is "to blow together" musical instruments, i.e., "To sound in unison." Related: Conspired; conspiring.
- verb plot, scheme with someone
- verb agree, concur
- You don't suppose she'd leave me here to conspire with Susan?
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- After a silence he quoted: “Could you and I with Him conspire–––”
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- With all this in favor of the Southerners, all else seemed to conspire against them.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson » by Edward A. Moore
- To injure him, most of them had been ready to conspire with a tainted adventurer like Burr.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- To terrify vested interests is to conspire against the State.
- Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
- He dwelt on Cobham's wealth, and argued that so rich a man would not venture to conspire.
- Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse
- All the elements, we are told, conspire for the greatest good of the whole.
- Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
- You try to bunco me and now you conspire with an imbecile to humble me into the dust.
- Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
- His looks, his gestures, his cries, all conspire to entreat you to take pity on him.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
- "Distrust is natural and prudent to all who conspire," replied the scholar, quietly.
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Antonyms for conspire
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