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<hw>Con*sper"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspersio</ets>, fr. <ets>conspergere</ets> to sprinkle.]</ety> <def>The act of sprinkling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>conspersion</b> washing the doorposts. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conspicuity</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spi*cu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Conspicuous</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spic"u*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspicuus</ets>, fr. <ets>conspicere</ets> to get sight of, to perceive; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>spicere</ets>, <ets>specere</ets>, to look. See <er>Spy</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.</def>

<blockquote>It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, <b>Conspicious</b> far. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Conspicious</b> by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; <as>as, a <ex>conspicuous</ex> exellence, or fault</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A man who holds a <b>conspicuous</b> place in the political, eccesiastical, and literary history of England. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See <er>Distinguished</er>. -- <wordforms><wf>Con*spic"u*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con*spic"u*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></syn></wordforms>

<h1>Conspiracy</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spir"a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Conspiracies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Conspiration</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A combination of men for an evil purpose; as agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.</def>

<blockquote>When shapen was all his <b>conspiracy</b> From point to point. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They made a <b>conspiracy</b> against [Amaziah]. <i>2 Kings xiv. 19.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I had forgot that foul <b>conspiracy</b> <blockquote>Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>conspiracy</b> in all heavenly and earthly things. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Combination; plot; cabal.</syn>

<h1>Conspirant</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spir"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspirans</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>conspirare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conspirant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Conspiration</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spi*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>conspiration</ets>, L. <ets>conspiratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a <b>conspiration</b>. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In our natural body every part has a nacassary sympathy with every other, and all together form, by their harmonious <b>onspiration</b>, a healthy whole. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>