conspire
/kənsˈpaɪə/kuhn-SPIGH-ur
/kənsˈpaɪɚ/kuhn-SPIGH-ur
Meaningto breathe together
Common meaning: to plot together in secret
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- spirto breatheLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1743 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to breathe’ → conspire
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin spīrō ‘to breathe’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry spīrō, p. 1743 · dictionary scan
Roots
- spīrō, spīrāvī Latin “to breathe”
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