About The Word Connive
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Connive
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What's The Definition Of Connive?
[v] form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
[v] encourage or assent to illegally; in criminal behavior Synonyms | Synonyms for Connive: intrigue | scheme Related Terms | Find terms related to Connive: accord | agree | angle | associate | be in cahoots | blink at | brew | cabal | coact | coadunate | cogitate | coincide | collaborate | collogue | collude | combine | complot | concoct | concur | condone | conjoin | conspire | contrive | cook up | cooperate | correspond | countermine | counterplot | devise | disregard | engineer | finagle | finesse | frame | frame up | happen together | harmonize | hatch | hatch a plot | hatch up | ignore | intrigue | join | lay a plot | machinate | maneuver | operate | overlook | plot | regard with indulgence | rig | scheme | synchronize | synergize | tolerate | unite | wangle | wink at See Also | accede | acquiesce | assent | plot Connive In Webster's Dictionary \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Connived} (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a
word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]
1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.]
The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
and to connive with either eye. --Spectator.
2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or
forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a
proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by
at.
To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer.
Taylor.
In many of these, the directors were heartily
concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging,
and sometimes commanding; in all they were
conniving. --Burke.
The government thought it expedient, occasionally,
to connive at the violation of this rule.
--Macaulay.
\Con*nive"\, v. t. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] ``Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed.'' --Milton. |
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