'Conspire' definitions:
Definition of 'conspire'
From: WordNet
verb
Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Conspire'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. --Gen. xxxvii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- You have conspired against our royal person, Joined with an enemy proclaimed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To concur to one end; to agree. [1913 Webster]
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage Conspire to censure and expose our age. --Roscommon.
- Syn: To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conspire'
From: GCIDE
- Conspire \Con*spire"\, v. t. To plot; to plan; to combine for. [1913 Webster]
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conspire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- affiliate,
- agree,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- angle,
- associate,
- band,
- band together,
- be in cahoots,
- be in league,
- brew,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- cabal,
- cement a union,
- centralize,
- club,
- club together,
- coact,
- coadunate,
- coalesce,
- cogitate,
- coincide,
- collaborate,
- collogue,
- collude,
- combine,
- come together,
- complot,
- concert,
- concoct,
- concord,
- concur,
- confederate,
- conjoin,
- connive,
- consociate,
- consolidate,
- contrive,
- cook up,
- cooperate,
- correspond,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- couple,
- devise,
- do business with,
- engineer,
- federalize,
- federate,
- finagle,
- finesse,
- frame,
- frame up,
- fuse,
- gang,
- gang up,
- get heads together,
- get together,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- go partners,
- hang together,
- happen together,
- harmonize,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- intrigue,
- join,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join in,
- join together,
- join up with,
- join with,
- keep together,
- lay a plot,
- league,
- league together,
- machinate,
- make common cause,
- maneuver,
- marry,
- merge,
- operate,
- organize,
- pair,
- pair off,
- partner,
- play ball,
- plot,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- reciprocate,
- rig,
- scheme,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- synchronize,
- synergize,
- team up,
- team up with,
- team with,
- throw in together,
- throw in with,
- tie in,
- tie in with,
- tie up,
- tie up with,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- unite with,
- wangle,
- wed,
- work together