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To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

To inspire with courage. [Obs.] Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. Tyndale.

y the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.

nt often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.

One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves. Gray.

One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.

e whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought Macaulay.

Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak. There's such divinity doth hedge a king. Shak.

. still thou art a bitter draught. Sterne. Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired. Goldsmith.

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air." Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden.

re of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.

Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.

Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

Abounding with elms. The simple spire and elmy grange. T. Warton.

To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.