資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.