Connive
[kə'naɪv]
Definition
(v. i.) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
Typist: Morton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wink, pretermit, pass, overlook
ANT:Notice, visit, censure, investigate
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Definition
v.i. to wink at a fault: to take no notice: to have a private understanding.—ns. Conniv′ance Conniv′ancy Conniv′ence Conniv′ency.—adj. Conniv′ent.—n. Conniv′er.
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Examples
- Thou must connive at her escape, Malvoisin, and I will transport her to some place of greater security and secrecy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Had her father, out of a natural love for his son, connived at any-- 'Oh! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Come with us, Sola; we might go without you, but your fate would be terrible if they thought you had connived to aid us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Haley saw that I hesitated about selling this child, and he'll think I connived at it, to get him out of the way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the former event, if I remained silent, I should be conniving at a marriage which would make her miserable for life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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