单词 | conniving |
释义 | connivingn. The action of connive v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > tacit permission winking1572 connivency1600 connivance1611 connivinga1648 yellow light1940 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission by non-intervention or toleration sufferancea1300 allowancea1402 tholance1446 tholing1457 sufferingc1460 low1535 connivinga1648 Nelson eye1893 a1648 G. Gillespie Usefull Case of Conscience (1649) 24 That cannot excuse the conniving at gross and scandalous sinners. 1670 H. Stubbe Censvre 24 There is no conniving or complying with such a person. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). connivingadj. That connives; in Natural History = connivent adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that permits > tacitly winking1577 connivent1642 conniving1783 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > growing together or convergent congressive1646 connivent1758 conniving1870 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1815) IV. 112 In many of them, the directors were heartily concurring..in all, they were conniving. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 291 Dead-nettle..Anthers conniving in pairs; cells diverging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1648adj.1783 |
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