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Antonyms for conspire

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-spahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspaɪər


Definition of conspire

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French conspirer (14c.), from Latin conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," literally "to breathe together," from com- "together" (see com-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Or perhaps the notion is "to blow together" musical instruments, i.e., "To sound in unison." Related: Conspired; conspiring.
  • verb plot, scheme with someone
  • verb agree, concur
Example sentences :
  • You don't suppose she'd leave me here to conspire with Susan?
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • After a silence he quoted: “Could you and I with Him conspire–––”
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • With all this in favor of the Southerners, all else seemed to conspire against them.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson » by Edward A. Moore
  • To injure him, most of them had been ready to conspire with a tainted adventurer like Burr.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • To terrify vested interests is to conspire against the State.
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
  • He dwelt on Cobham's wealth, and argued that so rich a man would not venture to conspire.
  • Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse
  • All the elements, we are told, conspire for the greatest good of the whole.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • You try to bunco me and now you conspire with an imbecile to humble me into the dust.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
  • His looks, his gestures, his cries, all conspire to entreat you to take pity on him.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
  • "Distrust is natural and prudent to all who conspire," replied the scholar, quietly.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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