conspirare

conspirare [CL] 1 to breathe or blow together (w. play on 2b infra). 9‥ ~et, ‥ samod orþie WW; in navem modicam venti communiter omnes / conspirant H. Avr. Hugh 619. 2 to consent, agree, act in concert. b to conspire, plot; c (p. ppl. s. act.); d (w. inf.). e (trans.) to plot, contrive. f to plan (a fortress). 956 (12c) ego Brihtelm episcopus ~avi CS 985; 1002 (12c) his unanimi ~antibus consensu quorum vocabula hinc profundius annotata esse conspiciuntur CD 1297; complices, ~antes, gegadan vel geþwærniende Ælf. Sup; ad resistendum ‥ unanimi voto ‥ ~ant Gir. EH II 36.  b quos in necem suam ~asse didicerat Bede HE II 9; quicunque contra patriam ~assent Osb. V. Dunst. 34; s1173 universus contra patrem [sc. Henricum II] ~at exercitus R. Howd. II 40; s1247 (v. conspirator a); Ps.-Gros. 591 (v. connatura); s1321 proceres ‥ in utriusque ‥ Hugonis necem ‥ sub sacramento ju[ri]sjurandi ~arunt Baker 101b; excepto ‥ domino le Scrope, quem ~antem contra rempublicam prodicio reprobavit in mortem G. Hen. V 18.  c quot ‥ satellites ad impugnandam nostrorum aciem ~ati ‥ conglomerent Aldh. VirgP 13; 9‥ ~ati, onan gesworene ‥, conjurati WW.  d s1349 machinans et ~ans ‥ castrum subdole et furtive ingredi Avesb. 119b; 1391 (v. confoederare 2b).  e s1340 nisi comitissa Hanonie ‥ per ~atam et insperatam locucionem se intromisisset Meaux III 47; 1354 maliciam per partem adversam in nostri ‥ confusionem ‥ ~atam et imminentem Conc. III 34; [J. Balle] dixit quod erat certa comitiva de secta ‥ Wycclyff qui ~averant quandam confederacionem Ziz. 274; 1415 [diffamatus] quod ‥ jacuisset in quadam insidiacione ad ~andum mortem Radulfi C. Reg. Cant. III 370.  f s1201 latomis ‥ ad construccionem fortalicii per eum ~ati adductis Plusc. VI 39. 3 to bring together, assemble. Cf. conflare. R. Niger Chr. II pref. (v. cothurnare). 4 to aspire to, covet: a (w. ad); b (trans.). a ad avita et antiqua jura ~ans Gir. EH I 12.  b mundi voluptates ‥ ardenter sibi appetit et ~at Gower VC VII 16 tit. (cf. ib. IV 16 tit.: terrena lucra ~antes).