connive

== English == === Etymology === From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin con(n)īvēre (“close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; 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) + *nīvēre (related to nictō (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, droop”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv Hyphenation: con‧nive === Verb === connive (third-person singular simple present connives, present participle conniving, simple past and past participle connived) (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.] (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent. (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. Synonyms: (rare) dissimulate, look the other way, shut one's eyes, turn a blind eye, wink (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== connivance connivent nictate ==== Translations ==== === See also === tolerate turn a blind eye === References === == Latin == === Verb === connīvē second-person singular present active imperative of connīveō