conspiration
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Origin of conspiration
1275–1325; Middle English conspiracioun < Anglo-French; Middle French conspiration < Latin conspīrātiōn- (stem of conspīrātiō ), equivalent to conspīrāt ( us ) (past participle of conspīrāre to conspire ) + -iōn- -ion
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The offence of the conspiration of Ncwelo’s Pool was an easily pardonable one compared with mine.
From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram
Briefly, in such a world without order and array, owing nothing, lending nothing, and borrowing nothing, you would see a more dangerous conspiration than that which Aesop exposed in his Apologue.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Bien qu'�trangers � toute conspiration, leur vertu les fit soup�onner d'�tre peu favorables � Commode; ils furent proscrits et moururent ensemble comme ils avaient v�cu.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
They were about. xl. which had made this conspiration.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
For one thing is consequent unto another, by local motion, by natural conspiration and agreement, and by substantial union, or, reduction of all substances into one.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
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