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.
To concur to one end; to agree. The press, the pulpit, and the stage Conspire to censure and expose our age. Roscommon.
To plot; to plan; to combine for. Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall.
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