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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.] 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.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
connive v 1: encourage or assent to illegally or criminally 2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
connive vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. (from mid 17th c.) 2 (lb en intransitive botany rare) Of part#Noun of a plant#Noun: to be converge or in close#Adjective contact#Noun; to be connivent. 3 (lb en intransitive obsolete) ''Often followed by'' '''(l en at)''': to pretend#Verb to be ignorant of something in order to escape#Verb blame#Noun; to ignore or overlook a fault#Noun deliberately. 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To open#Verb and close#Verb the eye#Noun rapidly; to wink#Verb.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
connive vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. (from mid 17th c.) 2 (lb en intransitive botany rare) Of part#Noun of a plant#Noun: to be converge or in close#Adjective contact#Noun; to be connivent. 3 (lb en intransitive obsolete) ''Often followed by'' '''(l en at)''': to pretend#Verb to be ignorant of something in order to escape#Verb blame#Noun; to ignore or overlook a fault#Noun deliberately. 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To open#Verb and close#Verb the eye#Noun rapidly; to wink#Verb.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
connive vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. (from mid 17th c.) 2 (lb en intransitive botany rare) Of part#Noun of a plant#Noun: to be converge or in close#Adjective contact#Noun; to be connivent. 3 (lb en intransitive obsolete) ''Often followed by'' '''(l en at)''': to pretend#Verb to be ignorant of something in order to escape#Verb blame#Noun; to ignore or overlook a fault#Noun deliberately. 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To open#Verb and close#Verb the eye#Noun rapidly; to wink#Verb.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
connive vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. (from mid 17th c.) 2 (lb en intransitive botany rare) Of part#Noun of a plant#Noun: to be converge or in close#Adjective contact#Noun; to be connivent. 3 (lb en intransitive obsolete) ''Often followed by'' '''(l en at)''': to pretend#Verb to be ignorant of something in order to escape#Verb blame#Noun; to ignore or overlook a fault#Noun deliberately. 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To open#Verb and close#Verb the eye#Noun rapidly; to wink#Verb.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
connive Englanti vb. juonitellaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
connive Engelska vb. (tagg: text=med partikel: connive at) blunda för, se genom fingrarna medFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Connive /kənˈaɪv/ تآمرFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
connive /kənˈaɪv/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]trpět
connive /kənˈaɪv/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]intrikovat
connive /kənˈaɪv/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]mlčky schvalovat
connive //kəˈnaɪv//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]edesauttaa, myötävaikuttaa, olla osasyyllinen to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing
connive /kənˈaɪv/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. उपेक्षा~करना "The boy's parents connived his bad habits." 2. किसी~के~साथ~मिलकर~अवैध~कार्य~करना "The smugglers connived with the police."
connive /kənˈaɪv/ povlađivatiFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
connive /kəˈnaɪv/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. przymykać oczy (at - na) 2. konspirować, zmawiać się
connive //kəˈnaɪv//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]konspirera to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing
connive /kənˈaɪv/ 1. at veya in ile suç işlenmesine göz yummak, görmezlikten gelmek 2. gizlice anlaşmak, suç ortağı olmak. We connived together in the plot. Komployu beraber hazırladık.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/kəˈnaɪv/
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 atFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 假装不见,默许,共谋;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vi. 假装不见,默许,共谋,纵容