Connive
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To
wink; to close and open the eyelids rapidly.
2. In a
figurative sense, to close the eyes upon a fault or other act; to pretend ignorance or blindness; to
forbear to see; to overlook a fault or other act, and suffer it to pass unnoticed, uncensured or unpunished; as, the father connives at the vices of his son.
Connive
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to
wink.
2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to
wink (at); to fail or
forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.
Connive
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
Connivent
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
2. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those wrinkles, cellules and vascules, which are found on the inside of the two intestines,
ilium and
jejunum.
3. In botany, closely united;
converging together.
Connivent
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet;
converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.
