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con⋅nive

  [kuh-nahyv]
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–verb (used without object), -nived, -niv⋅ing.
1. to cooperate secretly; conspire (often fol. by with): They connived to take over the business.
2. to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak (usually fol. by at): The policeman connived at traffic violations.
3. to be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize (usually fol. by at): to connive at childlike exaggerations.
Origin:
1595–1605; (< F conniver) < L co(n)nīvēre to close the eyes in sleep, turn a blind eye, equiv. to con- con- + -nīvēre, akin to nictāre to blink (cf. nictitate )

Related forms:
con⋅niv⋅er, noun
con⋅niv⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. plan, plot, collude.
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con·nive   (kə-nīv')   
intr.v.   con·nived, con·niv·ing, con·nives
  1. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
  2. To scheme; plot.
  3. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.

[Latin cōnīvēre, connīvēre, to close the eyes.]
con·niv'er n., con·niv'er·y n.
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Conniver

Con*niv"er\, n. One who connives.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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CONNIVER
Artificial intelligence language for automatic theorem proving. An outgrowth of PLANNER, based on coroutines rather than backtracking. Allowed multiple database contexts with hypothetical assertions.
["The CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman , AI Memo 259, MIT AI Lab, 1973].
(1995-01-10)

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