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.
November 25, 2003
Who ever came up with canned grapes, anyway? Prolly someone dumb enough to try eating them so they figured others would be just as dumb! ;)