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Conspicious by her veil and hood,

Signing the cross, the abbess stood.

Sir W. Scott.

2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily
recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent;
distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or
fault.

A man who holds a conspicuous place in the
political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious;
prominent; celebrated. See Distinguished.

-- Con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. --
Con*spic"u*ous*ness, n.

Con*spir"a*cy (?), n.; pl.
Conspiracies (#). [See Conspiration.]
1. A combination of men for an evil purpose;
an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in
concert, as treason; a plot.

When shapen was all his conspiracy

From point to point.

Chaucer.

They made a conspiracy against
[Amaziah].

2 Kings xiv. 19.

I had forgot that foul
conspiracy

Of the beast Caliban and his confederates.


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