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conniveconnive /kəˈnaɪv/ verb ETYMOLOGYconniveOrigin: 1600-1700 French conniver, from Latin connivere to close the eyes, connive VERB TABLEconnive |
Present | I, you, we, they | connive | | he, she, it | connives | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | connived | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have connived | | he, she, it | has connived | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had connived | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will connive | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have connived |
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Present | I | am conniving | | he, she, it | is conniving | | you, we, they | are conniving | Past | I, he, she, it | was conniving | | you, we, they | were conniving | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been conniving | | he, she, it | has been conniving | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been conniving | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be conniving | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been conniving |
1connive (with somebody) to do something to work together secretly to achieve something, especially something wrong SYN conspire: The two connived to drive Diana and Mark apart.2[intransitive] to allow something wrong to happen without trying to stop it, even though you know it is wrong: connive at Corrupt officials had connived at the importation of heroin. [Origin: 1600–1700 French conniver, from Latin connivere to close the eyes, connive]—connivance noun [countable] |