Syn.
— Combination; plot; cabal.
CONSPIRANT Con*spir"ant, a. Etym: [L. conspirans, p.pr. of conspirare: cf. F. conspirant.]
Defn: Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. [Obs.] Shak.
CONSPIRATION
Con`spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [F. conspiration, L. conspiratio.]
Defn: Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy. [R.] As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration. Udall. In our natural body every part has a nacassary sympathy with every other, and all together form, by their harmonious onspiration, a healthy whole. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONSPIRATOR
Con*spir"a*tor, n.
Defn: One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. 2 Sam. xv. 31.
CONSPIRE
Con*spire", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conspired; p.pr. & vb.n. Conspiring.]
Etym: [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.