Both Uses of
conspire
in
Gulliver's Travels
- His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land.†
Chpt 4 *
- The reader may remember what I related, when my crew conspired against me, and confined me to my cabin; how I continued there several weeks without knowing what course we took; and when I was put ashore in the long-boat, how the sailors told me, with oaths, whether true or false, "that they knew not in what part of the world we were."†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(conspire) secretly plan together to do something -- especially something illegal or harmful
or:
of events and circumstances: seemingly cooperate to achieve something