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conspirer (1311)

conspirer (1311)

 
[ FEW: 2/ii,1078b conspirare; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,168c conspirer; TL: 2,746 conspirer; DEAF:  conspirer; DMF:  conspirer; TLF:  conspirer; OED:  conspire v.; MED:  conspiren v.; DMLBS: 455b conspirare ]

v.trans.

to make by conspiracy
( 1311 )  soun bref voet qe nous conspirames cesti statut a profit R.  YBB Ed II xi 43
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  ascuns (=prisoners who are in jail) par estatutz marchantz faulsement conspirez  Lett & Pet 32.19

v.intrans.

to plot secretly
( 1321 )  meynz de deux ne pount conspirer ou conspiracie ordiner  YBB Ed II xxvi 357
( 1386 )  q’il ové assent des autres ses acomplices […] conspirerent et ymagineront pur avoir mys a mort plusours bones gentz  Rot Parl1 iii 226
( 1387-88 )  firent, conspirerent et proposerent plusours horribles tresons  Stats ii 46
conspirer a
to conspire to, plot secretly
( MS: s.xiv2 )  a ses pees pria mercy de ceo q'il avoit conspiré a sa mort  Albina CCC 3v
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