Verb

(desir)

To want; to wish for earnestly.

* Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 24

Neither shall any man desire thy land.

* Tennyson

Ye desire your child to live.

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts XIII:

And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.

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To want emotionally or sexually.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

* Bible, 2 Kings iv. 28

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?

* Shakespeare

Desire him to go in; trouble him no more.

To require; to demand; to claim.

* Spenser

A doleful case desires a doleful song.

To miss; to regret.

* Jeremy Taylor

She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.

Verb

(conspir)

To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal.

* Bible, Genesis xxxvii. 18

They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.

To agree, to concur to one end.

* Roscommon

The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.

* 1744 , , act 3, scene 5

I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire

To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.

To try to bring about.

* Bishop Hall

Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.