connivev.

Brit.

/kəˈnʌɪv/, U.S.

/kəˈnaɪv/

Etymology: < Latin connīvēre (in classical period cōnīvēre) to shut the eyes, blink, wink, be dull or drowsy, shut the eyes to crime or wrong, < con- together + a primitive *nīvēre not found, but apparently related to nicĕre to make a sign, nictāre to wink, twinkle the eyelids; compare French conniver in same sense, 16th cent. in Littré.

a. intransitive. To shut one's eyes to a thing that one dislikes but cannot help, to pretend ignorance, to take no notice. Const. at. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)]

overhipa1325

to hide one's facea1382

to look aside1530

to look beside ——1533

not to hear on that side1548

to look through the fingers1549

to pull away the shoulder1560

connive1602

to turn a (also the) blind eye1698

to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844

Nelson eye1893

not to want to know1948

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall (1811) 412 By means of those villains..the opinion was so rivetted..that his Lordship must at least connive at it.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 9 They must connive in some Cases, but may not concede in any.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 31 July (1965) I. 426 The Grand Signo connives at the losse of these dominions for fear of losing even the Titles of them.

1732 H. Fielding Mod. Husband Epil. sig. Aiv Husbands most Faults, not publick made, connive at; The Trip's a Trifle—when the Frailty's private.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 389 While the Whig party was still formidable, the government thought it expedient occasionally to connive at the violation of this rule.

†b. To shut one's eyes to the faults of, look indulgently at or on. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. G2^v Pray you conniue On my weake tendernesse.

1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) To Rdr. Gentle Youth, thinke it not amisse to peruse this Peece, yet connive at the Style; for it hath neede thereof.

2. To shut one's eyes to an action that one ought to oppose, but which one covertly sympathizes with; to wink at, be secretly privy or accessory. (The ordinary sense.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (intransitive)] > tacitly

wink?a1500

to wink hard1620

connivea1652

a1652 R. Brome Novella v. i. sig. M^v, in Five New Playes (1653) If you receive the Duccats..pray bring our shares, Wee all connive you know.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 240 The licenciousness of Inferiors, and the remisness of Superiors,..the one violates, and the other connives.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 151 He judges, as all Rome did, that I conniv'd at his death.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 4 He promised to connive.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 70 To connive at abuses while pretending to remove them.

1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland xiv. 315 The maritime population..actively connived at their escape.

†3.

a. To wink at (offenders); to look at (a person) with secret sympathy or indulgence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit > an offending person

to wink at1567

connivea1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 678 Sure the Gods doe this yeere conniue at vs, and we may doe any thing extempore.

1640 Order Ho. Com. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 53 Accused for Releasing and Conniving at Popish Priests.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 70 Malefactours protected by the Citizens of Oxford, who..connived at offenders who had done mischiefs to the Scholars.

1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1383 You must renounce Courts, if you will not connive at knaves and tolerate fools.

b. To have a covert understanding with (a person); to take part or co-operate with privily.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate with [verb (transitive)] > secretly

connive1797

1797 E. M. Lomax in Philanthrope No. 28. 222 He will be so vain and conceited as to connive with you.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 247 Dost thou connive with the wolves in robbing thine own folds?

1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 6 Who acts, connives With God's relations set in time and space.

†4. To shut one's eyes from neglect, to neglect to look at, disregard, leave unnoticed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed

to look through ——OE

to let (something) overpassa1375

overpassa1382

unseea1395

forgoa1400

balkc1440

dissimulea1450

pass?c1475

dissemblea1500

dissimulatea1533

to wink at1535

nod1607

connive1641

beholdc1650

to wink against1653

to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711

blink1742

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B3 An ancient Law..lay long covered in the Embers of division betweene the houses of Yorke and Lancaster and forgotten or connived at by the succeeding Princes.

†5. To remain dormant or inactive. Obsolete. rare. (So in Latin.) Cf. connivent adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > remain inactive

stillc1330

liec1374

stayc1540

to keep one's bill under wing1548

connive1667

to lie by1709

repose1817

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 624 I suffer them to enter..and conniving seem To gratifie my scornful Enemies.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 466 He, be sure, Will not connive, or linger, thus provok'd, But will arise and his great name assert.

†6. To dispense covertly with. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > be stealthy [verb (intransitive)] > dispense covertly with

connive1623

society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity > covertly

connive1623

1623 Abp. Williams in Hacket Life i. 178 Those Statutes..are all..in full force, and in Free Execution. Nor were they ever intended to be connived with in the least Syllable.

†7. transitive. To wink at, overlook, tacitly permit, pass over (a fault or offence). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1607 S. Hieron Discovery of Hypocrisie Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v If your Lordshippe shall please..to conniue my presuming.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 154 So God conniueth many weakenesses in His deare children.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A3 Divorces were not conniv'd only, but with eye open allow'd of old for hardnesse of heart.

†8. intransitive. To wink (literal but with allusion to sense 1). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink

twinklea1300

prinkc1330

winka1400

twinkc1400

wapper1575

pimper1600

twire1601

hoodwink1641

connive1712

nictate1755

bat1838

blink1858

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶10 This Artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, to shrug up their Shoulders in a dubious Case, to connive with either Eye.

9. Natural History. To be connivent adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > assimilate or converge

assimilate1626

connive1830

intergrow1891

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 120 Petals the same number, conniving at the base, or even cohering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	connive
释义	connivev. Brit. /kəˈnʌɪv/, U.S. /kəˈnaɪv/ Etymology: < Latin connīvēre (in classical period cōnīvēre) to shut the eyes, blink, wink, be dull or drowsy, shut the eyes to crime or wrong, < con- together + a primitive nīvēre not found, but apparently related to nicĕre* to make a sign, nictāre to wink, twinkle the eyelids; compare French conniver in same sense, 16th cent. in Littré. 1. a. intransitive. To shut one's eyes to a thing that one dislikes but cannot help, to pretend ignorance, to take no notice. Const. at. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] overhipa1325 to hide one's facea1382 to look aside1530 to look beside ——1533 not to hear on that side1548 to look through the fingers1549 to pull away the shoulder1560 connive1602 to turn a (also the) blind eye1698 to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844 Nelson eye1893 not to want to know1948 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall (1811) 412 By means of those villains..the opinion was so rivetted..that his Lordship must at least connive at it. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 9 They must connive in some Cases, but may not concede in any. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 31 July (1965) I. 426 The Grand Signo connives at the losse of these dominions for fear of losing even the Titles of them. 1732 H. Fielding Mod. Husband Epil. sig. Aiv Husbands most Faults, not publick made, connive at; The Trip's a Trifle—when the Frailty's private. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 389 While the Whig party was still formidable, the government thought it expedient occasionally to connive at the violation of this rule. †b. To shut one's eyes to the faults of, look indulgently at or on. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. G2^v Pray you conniue On my weake tendernesse. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) To Rdr. Gentle Youth, thinke it not amisse to peruse this Peece, yet connive at the Style; for it hath neede thereof. 2. To shut one's eyes to an action that one ought to oppose, but which one covertly sympathizes with; to wink at, be secretly privy or accessory. (The ordinary sense.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (intransitive)] > tacitly wink?a1500 to wink hard1620 connivea1652 a1652 R. Brome Novella v. i. sig. M^v, in Five New Playes (1653) If you receive the Duccats..pray bring our shares, Wee all connive you know. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 240 The licenciousness of Inferiors, and the remisness of Superiors,..the one violates, and the other connives. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 151 He judges, as all Rome did, that I conniv'd at his death. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 4 He promised to connive. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 70 To connive at abuses while pretending to remove them. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland xiv. 315 The maritime population..actively connived at their escape. †3. a. To wink at (offenders); to look at (a person) with secret sympathy or indulgence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit > an offending person to wink at1567 connivea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 678 Sure the Gods doe this yeere conniue at vs, and we may doe any thing extempore. View more context for this quotation 1640 Order Ho. Com. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 53 Accused for Releasing and Conniving at Popish Priests. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 70 Malefactours protected by the Citizens of Oxford, who..connived at offenders who had done mischiefs to the Scholars. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1383 You must renounce Courts, if you will not connive at knaves and tolerate fools. b. To have a covert understanding with (a person); to take part or co-operate with privily. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > co-operate with [verb (transitive)] > secretly connive1797 1797 E. M. Lomax in Philanthrope No. 28. 222 He will be so vain and conceited as to connive with you. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 247 Dost thou connive with the wolves in robbing thine own folds? 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 6 Who acts, connives With God's relations set in time and space. †4. To shut one's eyes from neglect, to neglect to look at, disregard, leave unnoticed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed to look through ——OE to let (something) overpassa1375 overpassa1382 unseea1395 forgoa1400 balkc1440 dissimulea1450 pass?c1475 dissemblea1500 dissimulatea1533 to wink at1535 nod1607 connive1641 beholdc1650 to wink against1653 to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711 blink1742 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. B3 An ancient Law..lay long covered in the Embers of division betweene the houses of Yorke and Lancaster and forgotten or connived at by the succeeding Princes. †5. To remain dormant or inactive. Obsolete. rare. (So in Latin.) Cf. connivent adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > remain inactive stillc1330 liec1374 stayc1540 to keep one's bill under wing1548 connive1667 to lie by1709 repose1817 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 624 I suffer them to enter..and conniving seem To gratifie my scornful Enemies. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 466 He, be sure, Will not connive, or linger, thus provok'd, But will arise and his great name assert. View more context for this quotation †6. To dispense covertly with. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > be stealthy [verb (intransitive)] > dispense covertly with connive1623 society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity > covertly connive1623 1623 Abp. Williams in Hacket Life i. 178 Those Statutes..are all..in full force, and in Free Execution. Nor were they ever intended to be connived with in the least Syllable. †7. transitive. To wink at, overlook, tacitly permit, pass over (a fault or offence). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1607 S. Hieron Discovery of Hypocrisie Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v If your Lordshippe shall please..to conniue my presuming. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 154 So God conniueth many weakenesses in His deare children. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A3 Divorces were not conniv'd only, but with eye open allow'd of old for hardnesse of heart. †8. intransitive. To wink (literal but with allusion to sense 1). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink twinklea1300 prinkc1330 winka1400 twinkc1400 wapper1575 pimper1600 twire1601 hoodwink1641 connive1712 nictate1755 bat1838 blink1858 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶10 This Artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, to shrug up their Shoulders in a dubious Case, to connive with either Eye. 9. Natural History. To be connivent adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow > assimilate or converge assimilate1626 connive1830 intergrow1891 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 120 Petals the same number, conniving at the base, or even cohering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1602
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