conspiration
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Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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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
In December, Napoleon hurried to Paris, crushed Malet's conspiration against him, and called for a new conscription of three hundred and fifty thousand men.
From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various
And if, by some marvellous conspiration of providences, Scotland passed through all this without ruin, was Knox prepared to face the more tremendous responsibilities of success?
From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor
The conspiration now framed an accusation against me of a conduct which I had never conceived even in idea, of rendering assistance to Rajah Cheyt Sing.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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
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