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connive
(mass) | connive
- trpieť |
connive
(encz) | connive,intrikovat v: PetrV |
connive
(encz) | connive,mlčky schvalovat v: PetrV |
connive
(encz) | connive,trpět v: PetrV |
Connive
(gcide) | Connive \Con*nive"\, v. t.
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.
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Connive
(gcide) | Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Connived (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conniving.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, 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.]
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The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
and to connive with either eye. --Spectator.
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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.
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To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer.
Taylor.
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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.
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The government thought it expedient, occasionally,
to connive at the violation of this rule.
--Macaulay.
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connive
(wn) | connive
v 1: encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme,
intrigue, connive] |
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connive at
(encz) | connive at,dát tichý souhlas k Zdeněk Brož |
connived
(encz) | connived,mlčky schvaloval Zdeněk Brožconnived,zavíral nad něčím oči Zdeněk Brož |
conniver
(encz) | conniver, |
Connive
(gcide) | Connive \Con*nive"\, v. t.
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.
[1913 Webster]Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Connived (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conniving.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, 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.]
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The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
and to connive with either eye. --Spectator.
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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.
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To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer.
Taylor.
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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.
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The government thought it expedient, occasionally,
to connive at the violation of this rule.
--Macaulay.
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Connived
(gcide) | Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Connived (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conniving.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, 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.]
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The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
and to connive with either eye. --Spectator.
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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.
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To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer.
Taylor.
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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.
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The government thought it expedient, occasionally,
to connive at the violation of this rule.
--Macaulay.
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Connivency
(gcide) | Connivency \Con*niv"en*cy\, n.
Connivance. [Obs.]
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Connivent
(gcide) | Connivent \Con*niv"ent\, a. [L. connivens, p. pr.]
1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent
justice. [R.] --Milton.
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2. (Biol.) 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.
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Conniver
(gcide) | Conniver \Con*niv"er\, n.
One who connives.
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connive at
(wn) | connive at
v 1: give one's silent approval to [syn: connive at, {wink
at}] |
conniver
(foldoc) | CONNIVER
An artificial intelligence programming language for
automatic theorem proving from MIT. CONNIVER grew out of
PLANNER and was based on coroutines rather than
backtracking. It 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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