conspire (conspires 3rd person present) (conspiring present participle) (conspired past tense & past participle )
1 v-recip If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
(=plot)
They'd conspired to overthrow the government... pl-n V to-inf
2 verb If events conspire to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result.
(=combine)
History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision... V to-inf