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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.
     juonitella

From 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
  med

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Connive /kənˈaɪv/
  تآمر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  connive /kənˈaɪv/ 
  trpět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  connive /kənˈaɪv/ 
  intrikovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  connive /kənˈaɪv/ 
  mlčky schvalovat

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  connive //kəˈnaɪv// 
  edesauttaa, myötävaikuttaa, olla osasyyllinen
  to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  connive /kənˈaɪv/ 
  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."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  connive /kənˈaɪv/
  povlađivati

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  connive /kəˈnaɪv/ 
   1.  przymykać oczy (at - na)
   2.  konspirować, zmawiać się

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  connive //kəˈnaɪv// 
  konspirera
  to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  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 ]

  

/kəˈnaɪv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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 at
  
  

From 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

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