Synonyms for connive

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-nahyv

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnaɪv

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Définition of connive

Origin : 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.

verb plot, scheme

Example sentences :

The method by which he got the allies to connive at his doings was twofold.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

They have invented a god of their own who will connive at sin.
Extract from : « The Great Commission » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh

Large sums of money were ready to bribe the turnkey to connive at an escape.
Extract from : « A Lamp to the Path » by W. K. Tweedie

You must not expect an official to connive at an open breach of the ordinances.
Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various

It cannot be allowed that Joshua, Samuel, or Ezra, could connive at such a deception.
Extract from : « The Bible: what it is » by Charles Bradlaugh

It is a dangerous experiment to encourage or connive at misconceptions in a point like this.
Extract from : « Tracts on the Sabbath » by Various

To connive at the perpetuation of slavery is to disobey the commands of Heaven.
Extract from : « The Impending Crisis of the South » by Hinton Rowan Helper

Then why did you invent—or connive at the invention of—this story?
Extract from : « A Butterfly on the Wheel » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

But while you bear with his faults, you must not connive at them.
Extract from : « Coelebs In Search of a Wife » by Hannah More

She was afraid to leave her lest she connive with Stowe Webb at some escapade.
Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes

Antonyms for connive

destroy

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