Middle English Dictionary Entry
conspirāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | conspirāciǒun n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Plotting of, or collusion in, an evil or unlawful act; fals ~; (b) an evil or unlawful design or act; a plot or conspiracy.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.251 : Heber was i-holde gilteles of conspiracioun [L conspiratione] in þe buldinge of þe toure.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27662 : O nith cums bitternes o thoght..And conspiraciun [Glb: conspiraciones].
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)64 : Sche undirstood weel..be þe conspiracioun of iewis, þat our lord in schort tyme schuld deye.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)23 : Thay there so hongyng confessid opunly to all the warld all the conspiration of the Kynges dethe.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)206/1693d : He wist noþyng of his treson, Ne of her false conspiracoun.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Say Best (LdMisc 598)62 : Alas, fals conspiracion Hath hynderid many a creature.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)23/12 : Conspiracions, strif, and uele oþre zennes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4912 : Þe fulle execusioun Of her contrived conspiracioun.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)26.5 : Kastels are conspiracyons of oure foes.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.523 : Bi his froward conspiraciouns He was sharp enmy ageyn..Metellus.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2104 : Al the piratis..Made ageyn Roome a conspiracioun.
- (1440) Wars France in RS 22.2444 : To conclude thaire confedracy and conspiracon made..ayeinst youre highnesse.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)208 : Tydingis of the conspiracioune of Frauns and Normannye, that thei had gadered ageyn hym too hundred schippis.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.195 : A letter..in whom conspiracion was contenede ageyne the prince.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)326 : Ye shull her a foule conspiracion and trayne.
2.
?Inspiration; ?aspiration.
Associated quotations
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.87 : She [Reverence] putteth aside all pride and wilfulnesse; Suche is hire nature by heuenly conspiracion.