Part 2319

<h1>Conspirator</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spir"a*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter.</def>

<i>2 Sam. xv. 31.</i>

<h1>Conspire</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conspired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conspiring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>conspirer</ets>, L. <ets>onspirare</ets> to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>spirare</ets> to breathe, blow. See <er>Spirit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>conspired</b> against [Joseph] to slay him. <i>Gen. xxxvii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You have <b>conspired</b> against our royal person, Joined with an enemy proclaimed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To concur to one end; to agree.</def>

<blockquote>The press, the pulpit, and the stage <b>Conspire</b> to censure and expose our age. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.</syn>

<h1>Conspire</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spire"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To plot; to plan; to combine for.</def>

<blockquote>Angry clouds <b>conspire</b> your overthrow. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conspirer</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spir"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who conspires; a conspirator.</def>

<h1>Conspiringly</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spir"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Conspissation</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spis*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspissatio</ets>, fr. <ets>onspissare</ets> to make thick.]</ety> <def>A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Conspurate</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spur"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspurcatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conspurcare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To pollute; to defile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Conspuration</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spur*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conspurcare</ets>, <ets>-spuratum</ets>, to defile.]</ety> <def>This act of defiling; defilement; pollution.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Constable</h1> <Xpage=309>