'Connive' definitions:
Definition of 'connive'
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Definition of 'Connive'
From: GCIDE
- Connive \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.] [1913 Webster]
- The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Connive'
From: GCIDE
- Connive \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'connive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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