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221 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMBINATION.2 (Noah Webster)

… to conspiracy. We say, a combination of men to overthrow government, or a combination to resist oppression.

222 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOT.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOT, n. A plotting together; a joint plot; a plot; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

223 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOT.3 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOT, v.t. To plot together; to conspire; to form a plot; to join in a secret design, generally criminal.

224 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTMENT.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTMENT, n. A plotting together; conspiracy.

225 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTTER.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTTER, n. One joined in a plot; a conspirator.

226 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTTING.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTTING, ppr. Plotting together; conspiring; contriving an evil design or crime.

227 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPOUND.35 (Noah Webster)

5. Compound motion, is that which is effected by two or more conspiring powers, acting in different but not in opposite directions.

228 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONJURE.1 (Noah Webster)

CONJURE, v.t. [L., to swear together, to conspire.]

229 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONJURE.4 (Noah Webster)

2. To bind two or more by an oath; to unite in a common design. Hence intransitively, to conspire. [Not usual.]

231 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRACY.2 (Noah Webster)

… a conspiracy against the life of a king; a conspiracy against the government.

232 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRACY.3 (Noah Webster)

More than forty had made this conspiracy. Acts 23:13 .

233 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRANT.1 (Noah Webster)

CONSPIRANT, a. [L.] Conspiring; plotting; engaging in a plot to commit a crime.

234 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRATION.1 (Noah Webster)

CONSPIRATION, n. Conspiracy; agreement or concurrence of things to one end.

236 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRATOR.2 (Noah Webster)

1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly treason.

237 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRATOR.3 (Noah Webster)

… , a conspirator is defined to be one who binds himself by oath, covenant, or other alliance, to assist another falsely and maliciously to indict a person, or falsely …

238 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRE.1 (Noah Webster)

CONSPIRE, v.i. [L., to plot; to breathe. But the primary sense is to throw, to wind; hence spira, a fold, circle, wreath or band; and the sense of the verb is, to breathe together, or more probably, to wind or band together.]

239 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRE.3 (Noah Webster)

The servants of Ammon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 2 Kings 21:23 .

240 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRE.4 (Noah Webster)

They conspired against Joseph to slay him. Genesis 37:18 .