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单词 conspire
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conspirev.

Brit. /kənˈspʌɪə/, U.S. /kənˈspaɪ(ə)r/
Etymology: < French conspire-r (15th cent. in Littré) (= Provençal cospirar, Spanish conspirar, Italian conspirare), < Latin conspīrāre lit. ‘to breathe together’, whence, ‘to accord, harmonize, agree, combine or unite in a purpose, plot mischief together secretly’.
1.
a. intransitive. To combine privily for an evil or unlawful purpose; to agree together to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (esp. to commit treason or murder, excite sedition, etc.); to plot. Const. with, against, to do something, †that.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)]
conspirec1384
accorda1393
to stand with ——c1449
to sit with ——a1500
correspond1545
resound1575
square1583
quader1588
to comport with1591
sympathize1594
beset1597
range1600
even1602
consort1607
to run with ——1614
countenancea1616
hita1616
sympathy1615
filea1625
quadrate?1630
consist1638
commensurate1643
commensure1654
to strike in1704
jig1838
harmonize1852
chime in with1861
equate1934
to tie in1938
to tune in1938
to tie up1958
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)]
compass1297
procurec1300
purchasec1300
contrivec1330
conspirec1384
brewc1386
awaitc1400
surmise1509
devisec1515
practise1531
machinate1537
forge1547
hatch1565
plot1589
pack1590
appost1602
feign1690
intrigue1747
scheme1767
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire, intrigue [verb (intransitive)]
conspirec1384
insidiate1627
collogue1646
intriguea1714
crayfish1930
fiddle1938
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John ix. 22 The Jewis hadden conspirid, that if ony man knowlechide him Crist, he schulde be don out of the synagoge.
c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 113 The Iewes have conspired This innocent out of this world to enchace.
?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 12 Syr Cayphas & his companye Conspirne Jesus to anoye.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ii. f. vv Brute founde many Troyanes..with the which he conspyred.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFii Whiche confedered togider, hath conspyred to distroy our soules.
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 32 They conspired how to make a breach in his pocket.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxvii. 18 They conspired against him, to slay him. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 892 An impious crew Of men conspiring to uphold thir state By worse then hostile deeds. View more context for this quotation
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 94 When kingly power conspired with papal craft To plot and perpetrate that massacre.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. ii. ii. 112 Princes conspire against me.
b. Said of a single person (the notion of combination being lost sight of): To plot secretly, contrive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)]
subtlec1300
conspire1393
compass1430
malign?a1439
contrivec1440
machine?c1450
forthink1494
pretenda1500
practise1537
pack1568
brigue1580
machinate1602
manage1603
plot1607
tamper1607
faction1609
collogue1646
intriguea1714
to lay a scheme1826
scheme1842
angle1892
wheel and deal1961
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 232 Within his herte he gan conspire.
c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 612 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 243 Thus then he conspyred in hys wyll, One after another for to kyll.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets x. sig. B3 For thou art so possest with murdrous hate, That gainst thy selfe thou stickst not to conspire.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 60 But to bee Menelaus I would conspire against desteny. View more context for this quotation
2. transitive. To plot, plan, devise, contrive (a criminal, evil, or hostile action).
a. with the end or purpose as object.
ΚΠ
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 19 Þat conterfeteþ disseites and Conspiret wronges.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 423 Dauid þat Vries deth conspired.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxiii. f. xxiii The Countree waxed wery of hym & conspyrid his deth.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. i. sig. S4 Whilst thou victorious Henry didst conspire The wracke of Fraunce.
1681 E. Sclater Serm. Putney 17 That conspire the subversion of Throne and Altar.
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 464 Thus smooth he ended, yet his death conspir'd.
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. iv. 220 Your fall and mine alike do they conspire.
b. with the action as object.
ΚΠ
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 Preamb. By dyvers feetis betwen theym conseyved and conspired.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 8 Conspire against him many daungerous enterprises.
1857 S. Osborn Quedah ii. 23 The present attack had been patiently conspired and prearranged at Malacca.
c. passive with clause. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 81 Sinon, whiche made was here espie Withinne Troie, as was conspired.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 486 Yt ys conspyryd to reward thy falsnes.
3.
a. intransitive. To combine in action or aim; to act in purposive combination, union, or harmony.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operate [verb (intransitive)] > together
conspirea1538
concur1559
co-operate1604
co-work1613
co-ordinate1863
synergize1863
coacta1877
society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate [verb (intransitive)]
conjoin1532
conspirea1538
concurc1550
co-operate1604
coadjute1612
coacta1616
to jump in quilla1616
co-operate1616
co-opere1663
to pull together1772
rally1792
to row in1861
collaborate1871
to play ball (with)1903
to play along1929
play1937
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 13 The cyvyle lyfe ys a polytyke ordur of men conspyryng togyddur in vertue & honesty.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 264 The..Stoure,..assisted with other streames that conspire with it.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 350 Therefore must your labour conspire with my inventions.
a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 383 How God's converting Calls conspire With our Free-Wills, fond Men enquire?
a1763 J. Byrom Christians Awake! iii Th' angelic choir In songs of joy before unknown conspire.
1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xxi. 251 When we reflect..upon the jarring interests which are to be made to conspire.
1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light §479 The waves conspire or oppose each other according as their vibrations are in the same phase or in opposite phases.
b. To combine, concur, co-operate as by intention (so as to effect a certain result).It ranges from what is explicitly figurative of 1 to a sense quite distinct from it.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)] > in action or causation
conjoin1532
concur1559
conspire?1578
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 57 Consider, hoow fully the Gods (az it seemed) had conspyred..too bestow theyr influencez & gyfts vpon her coourt.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 204 The Writers..conspire to one and the same end, which is setting forth of the Rights of the Kingdome of God.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love Ded. sig. A3v All the advantages of Mind and Body, and an Illustrious Birth, conspiring to render you an extraordinary Person.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Onatus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 397 The Singers and Dancers could not conspire together into one Dance and Harmony, were they destitute of a Coryphæus.
a1711 T. Ken Divine Love in Wks. (1838) 230 Thou dost..dispose all things..to conspire in thy glory.
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 15 Aug. 2/1 All things conspire to make his Sick Bed grievous and uneasie.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xx. 250 All things conspired to give her the sense of freedom and solitude.
c. To combine as factors in (a product). poetic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (intransitive)] > as factors
conspire1723
1723 R. Blackmore Alfred viii. 292 In their first Offspring blended shall conspire The Mother's Sweetness and the Father's Fire.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 1 In [him]..there conspired certain personal gifts of an altogether unique order.
4. To concur or agree in spirit, sentiment, sense, tenor, testimony, assertion, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cordc1380
to be condescendedc1386
to be consentedc1386
consenta1400
intend1421
onec1450
drawc1480
to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496
agreea1513
gree?a1513
to draw by one string1558
conspire1579
to meet witha1586
conclude1586
condog1592
consign1600
hit1608
centre1652
to be of (another's) mind1717
to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829
to sing the same song1846
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 21 Gloss. This place seemeth to conspyre with Plato.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §9. 197 The Apostle..doth fully conspire and agree with the Prophet.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 85 All these Accounts, conspiring so together, seem to make the thing certain.
1725 A. Pope Corr. 10 Oct. (1956) II. 330 I conspire in your Sentiments..wish for your Company.
1734 W. Whiston tr. in Six Diss. i. 16 Josephus..conspires in his Testimony with what is written in the Gospels.
5. transitive. To unite in producing; to concur to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > operate together to produce
conspire1614
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > combine in producing
conspire1614
1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) vii. x. 702 Their blacke skinnes, white eyes, and cauterised markes seem to conspire a dreadfull and gastly deformitie in their faces.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. vii. 104 All things..with us conspire the high praises of our great Deliverer.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 114 All which conspire the restitution of the integrity of health.
6. It occurs with some reference to the etymological sense ‘breathe or blow together’, though scarcely as an independent meaning.
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c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 23 Saule ys my name..whych conspyreth the dyscyplys with thretes and menaces [cf. Acts ix. 1].
1861 ‘N. Temple’ & ‘E. Trevor’ Tannhäuser 74 The buffeting gusts..conspire Conflicting breaths.
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