Associations to the word «Connive»
Adverb
Wiktionary
CONNIVE, verb. To cooperate with others secretly in order to commit a crime; to collude
CONNIVE, verb. To plot or scheme
CONNIVE, verb. To pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore a fault deliberately
CONNIVE, verb. (archaic) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
CONNIVE, verb. To be a wench
Dictionary definition
CONNIVE, verb. Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally.
CONNIVE, verb. Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.