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.
May 23, 2005
Elegy for a Test Tube Vase
It travelled over 3000 kilometres, and a curtain killed it.
