conspire

con·spire  (kn-spr)

v. con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires

v.intr.

1. To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.

2. To join or act together; combine: "Semisweet chocolate, cocoa powder, espresso, Cognac, and vanilla all conspire to intensify [the cake's] flavor" (Sally Schneider).

v.tr.

To plan or plot secretly.

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[Middle English conspiren, from Old French, from Latin cnsprre : com-, com- + sprre, to breathe.]

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con·spirer n.

con·spiring·ly adv.

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conspire [kənˈspaɪə]

vb (when intr, sometimes foll by against)

1. to plan or agree on (a crime or harmful act) together in secret

2. (intr) to act together towards some end as if by design the elements conspired to spoil our picnic

[from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre to plot together, literally: to breathe together, from spīrāre to breathe]

conspirer  n

conspiringly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	conspire - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" cabal, complot, machinate, conjure coconspire - conspire together; "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation" plot - plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
	2.	conspire - 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" collude interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"

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conspire

verb

1. plot, scheme, intrigue, devise, manoeuvre, contrive, machinate, plan, hatch treason I had a persecution complex and thought people were conspiring against me.

2. work together, combine, contribute, cooperate, concur, tend, conduce History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.

Translations

conspire [kənˈspaɪəʳ] VI

1. [people] → conspirar
to conspire with sb against sth/sb → conspirar con algn contra algo/algn
to conspire to do sth → conspirar para hacer algo

2. [events] to conspire against/to do sth → conjurarse or conspirar contra/para hacer algo

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conspire [kənˈspaɪə^r] vi

(= plot) [people] → conspirer, comploter
to conspire to do sth → comploter pour faire qch, conspirer pour faire qch

to conspire to [events, factors] → conspirer à

to conspire against (= be unfavourable to) [events, factors] → jouer contre

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conspire

vi

(people) → sich verschwören, sich zusammentun, konspirieren (form) → (against gegen); to conspire (together) to do something → sich verabreden or heimlich planen, etw zu tun

(events) → zusammenkommen, sich verschwören (geh); (fate etc) → sich verschwören (against gegen)

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conspire [kənˈspaɪəʳ] vi

a. (people) to conspire (with sb against sb/sth) → congiurare or cospirare (con qn contro qn/qc)

b. (events) to conspire to do sth → contribuire a fare qc
everything had conspired to make him happy → tutto aveva contribuito a renderlo felice

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conspire [kənˈspaɪəʳ] vi

a. (people) to conspire (with sb against sb/sth) → congiurare or cospirare (con qn contro qn/qc)

b. (events) to conspire to do sth → contribuire a fare qc
everything had conspired to make him happy → tutto aveva contribuito a renderlo felice

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conspire

v conspire [kənˈspaiə]

to plot or secretly make plans together They conspired with the terrorists to overthrow the government. saamspan, saamsweer, samerot يَتَآمَر، يُدَبِّر مَكيدَه заговорнича spiknout se sammensværge sig sich verschwören συνωμοτώ conspirar salasepitsema توطئه کردن؛ تبانی کردن vehkeillä conspirer לִקשוֹר קֶשֶׁר षड़यंत्र रचना kovati, urotiti se összeesküszik bersekongkol gera samsæri gegn cospirare 陰謀を企てる 공모하다 rengti sąmokslą slepus sadarboties; rīkot sazvērestību komplot samenzweren legge et komplott, konspirere spiskować conspirar a con­spira устраивать заговор sprisahať sa spletkariti zaveriti se konspirera, sammansvärja sig ร่วมกันวางแผนอย่างลับ ๆ komplo düzenlemek 密謀 вчиняти змову, таємно замишляти سازش كرنا، سازباز كرنا âm mưu 密谋

n conˈspiracy [-ˈspi-]

(a plan made by) conspiring The government discovered the conspiracy in time. samespanning, samerotting; sameswering, komplot مُؤامَرَه، تَآمُر заговор spiknutí sammensværgelse die Verschwörung συνωμοσία conspiración salasepitsus توطئه salaliitto conspiration קְשִירַת קֶשֶר साजिश urota, zavjera összeesküvés komplotan samsæri cospirazione 陰謀 음모 sąmokslas sazvērestība konspirasi samenzwering sammensvergelse spisek conspiração con­spiraţie заговор sprisahanie zarota zavera konspiration, sammansvärjning แผนการ komplo 陰謀 змова سازش âm mưu 阴谋

n conˈspirator [-ˈspi-]

a person who conspires. samesweerder مُتَآمِر конспиратор spiklenec medsammensvoren; konspirator der Verschwörer συνωμότης conspirador vandeseltslane توطئه گر salaliittolainen conspirateur/-trice קוֹשֵר קֶשֶר षड़यंत्रकारी urotnik, zavjerenik összeesküvő anggota komplotan samsærismaður cospiratore, cospiratrice 陰謀者 공모자, 음모자 sąmokslininkas sazvērnieks pengkomplot samenzweerder medsammensvoren, konspiratør spiskowiec conspirador conspirator заговорщик sprisahanec zarotnik zaverenik konspiratör, sammansvuren ผู้วางแผนการ komplo kuran kişi 陰謀家 змовник; конспіратор سازش كرنيوالا người âm mưu 阴谋家