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CONSPIRE, L., to plot to breathe. But the primary sense is to throw, to wind hence spira, a fold, circle, wreath or band and the sense of the verb is, to breathe together, or more probably, to wind or band together.

1. To agree, by oath, covenant or otherwise, to commit a crime to plot to hatch treason.

The servants of Ammon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 2 Kings 21 .

They conspired against Joseph to slay him. Genesis 37 .

2. In law, to agree falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony.
3. To agree to concur to one end.

The press, the pulpit, and the stage, conspire to censure and expose our age.

All things conspire to make us prosperous.

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Entry for 'Conspire'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/conspire.html.
 
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