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Definition connive

Etymology

From French conniver (�to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing�), or directly from its etymon Latin conn?v?re, c?n?v?re, third-person plural perfect active indicative of conn?ve?, c?n?ve? (�to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; to overlook, turn a blind eye, connive�) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *n?v?re (related to nict? (�to blink, wink�), from Proto-Indo-European *kneyg??- (�to bend, droop�)).

Verb

connive (third-person singular simple present connives, present participle conniving, simple past and past participle connived)

1. (intransitive) Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
2. (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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