Conspire: c.1300, from O.Fr. conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Conspiracy is from 1386; conspiracy theory is from 1909.
April 12, 2004
Post Script
Okay, I know it appears before everything else but it really is an afterthought. More to the point, Ottawa actually looks like this.
