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connive

ADJ มองข้าม ความผิดพลาด  mong-kam-kwam-phid-plad

 

connive

VI ร่วมมือ กัน (อย่าง ลับๆ  ruam-mue-kan

 

connive at

PHRV แสร้งทำ เป็น ไม่ รู้เห็น เกี่ยวกับ  ยอมรับ หรือ ยอมตาม  wink at saeng-tam-pen-mai-ru-hen-kiao-kab

 

connive with

PHRV สมคบคิด กับ  conspire with intrigue with plot with som-kob-khid-kab

 

connivent

A เกี่ยวกับ การ บรรจบ จุด เดียวกัน  ที่รวม เข้าสู่ จุด เดียวกัน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONNIVE

v.i.[L., to wink. ] 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.

 

CONNIVENCY

n.Connivance, which see.

 

CONNIVENT

a. 1. Shutting the eyes; forbearing to see.
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.

 

CONNIVER

n.One who connives.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONNIVE

Con *nive ", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Connived; p.pr. & vb. n. Conniving. ]Etym: [L. connivere to shut the eues, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink. ]

 

1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs. ] The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator.

 

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. To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor. In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. Burke. The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay.

 

CONNIVE

CONNIVE Con *nive ", v. t.

 

Defn: To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs. ] "Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed. " Milton.

 

CONNIVENCY

CONNIVENCY Con *niv "en *cy, n.

 

Defn: Connivance. [Obs. ]

 

CONNIVENT

Con *niv "ent, a. Etym: [L. connivens, p. pr. ]

 

1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.

 

2. (Biol.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

CONNIVER

CONNIVER Con *niv "er, n.

 

Defn: One who connives.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

connive

con nive |kəˈnīv kəˈnaɪv | verb [ no obj. ] (connive at /in ) secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful ) to occur: you have it in your power to connive at my escape. (usu. connive to do something ) conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful: the government had connived with security forces in permitting murder. DERIVATIVES con niv er noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French conniver or Latin connivere shut the eyes (to ), from con- together + an unrecorded word related to nictare to wink.

 

connivent

con niv ent |kəˈnīvənt kəˈnaɪvənt | adjective Botany coming into contact; converging and touching but not fused together.

 

Oxford Dictionary

connive

connive |kəˈnʌɪv | verb [ no obj. ] (connive at /in ) secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful ) to occur: government officials were prepared to connive in impeding the course of justice. (usu. connive to do something ) conspire to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful: she connived with a senior official to rig the results of last year's election. DERIVATIVES conniver noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French conniver or Latin connivere shut the eyes (to ), from con- together + an unrecorded word related to nictare to wink .

 

connivent

con niv ent |kəˈnīvənt kəˈnaɪvənt | adjective Botany coming into contact; converging and touching but not fused together.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

connive

connive verb at least two of the directors connived with him in the cover-up: conspire, collude, collaborate, intrigue, be hand in glove, plot, scheme; informal be in cahoots.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

connive

connive verb 1 wardens connived at offences in return for bribes: deliberately ignore, overlook, not take into consideration, disregard, pass over, gloss over, take no notice of, take no account of, make allowances for, turn a blind eye to, close /shut one's eyes to, wink at, blink at, excuse, pardon, forgive, condone, let someone off with, let go, let pass; look the other way; informal let something ride. ANTONYMS condemn; punish. 2 the government had connived with security forces in permitting murder: conspire, collude, be in collusion, collaborate, intrigue, be hand in glove, plot, participate in a conspiracy, scheme; informal be in cahoots; rare machinate, cabal, complot.

 

French Dictionary

connivence

connivence n. f. nom féminin Complicité. : Les deux cambrioleurs étaient de connivence, ils avaient préparé le vol en secret. Note Orthographique conniv en ce.

 

Spanish Dictionary

connivencia

connivencia nombre femenino 1 Acuerdo o complicidad entre dos o más personas :se fugó de la prisión con la connivencia de algunos carceleros .2 Tolerancia de un superior en relación con las faltas que cometen sus subordinados .

 

connivente

connivente adjetivo 1 Que tiene connivencia .2 biol [hoja u órgano de una planta ] Que está más o menos separado de otro por la base pero que por el extremo está muy próximo a él o incluso en contacto, aunque sin llegar a soldarse :estambres conniventes .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

connive

con nive /kənáɪv /動詞 自動詞 ⦅否定的に ⦆【悪事などを 】見て見ぬふりをする, 黙認する «at » ; «…しようと /人と » ひそかに共謀する «to do /with » .