Conspired

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have secretly collaborated with others to plot or scheme towards a specific outcome
2. To have engaged in covert planning with one or more individuals to achieve a shared objective
3. To have joined with others in private planning to achieve a particular goal

Etymology: The surprising thing about "conspire" is that its core image is literal breathing. The Latin "conspirare" was built from "con-", meaning "with" or "together", and "spirare", meaning "to breathe". To conspire was, at root, to breathe together, a picture of people sharing one breath while they agreed on something. Nothing in the original sense involved secrecy or plotting against anyone; the idea of scheming came later, as the word moved into everyday use. The word passed into English by way of Old French "conspirer", which carried the same Latin sense into the language, and it reached Middle English as "conspiren". Its past tense "conspired" is the form used when describing an action already completed: people who had joined together in private planning to reach a goal.

Synonyms: colluded, plotted, schemed, connived, intrigued

Antonyms: disagreed