connive
pronunciation
How to pronounce connive in British English:
UK [kəˈnaɪv]
How to pronounce connive in American English:
US [kəˈnaɪv]
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- Verb:
- encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Word Origin
- connive (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin connivere, also conivere "to wink," hence, "to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy," from com- "together" (see com-) + base akin to nictare "to wink," from PIE root *kneigwh- (see nictitate). Related: Connived; conniving.
Example
- 1. Someone will break the rules and , as often as not , someone else will have reason to connive with them .
- 2. Not to protest be to connive at the destruction of the environment .
- 3. It has not good effect on children 's personality that they connive at children without measure .
- 4. Good friends encourage us to make progress , while bad friends connive when we are asleep at a switch .
- 5. Illegal food workshops with unhealthy surrounding should never connive , but should be severely punished and forcefully closed .