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Meaning of connive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

connive

Pronunciation:/kəˈnaɪv//kəˈnaɪv/

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.

  3. Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

    Synonyms:dissimulatelook the other wayshut one's eyesturn a blind eyewink
  4. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.