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conspired

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

To plan secretly together, often for a wrongful or harmful purpose; in poetry, conspiracy introduces intrigue, betrayal, and the hidden machinations that drive tragic or dramatic plots.

Detailed Definition
In literary and historical writing, this verb often carries a stronger sense of secret planning than everyday “planned.” Here it suggests a deliberate, hidden agreement between the two men.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Two conspired when he returned” uses conspired to mean plotted together, often secretly; Shakespeare’s tragedies repeatedly show characters conspiring against rulers and rivals; In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” natural forces seem to conspire around the cursed sailor; A contemporary poem can say “rain and traffic conspired” to personify circumstances that thwart a meeting
Additional Notes
The word in “Two conspired” is a less common, more formal verb choice that may prompt readers to look it up in this context.; Found in the poem, The Pardoner's Tale by Richard
Also Known As
colluded plotted conspired together schemed
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