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Definition of: connive
(kə·nīv′) v.i. ·nived, ·niv·ing
1. To encourage or assent to a wrong by silence or feigned ignorance: with at.
2. To be in collusion: with with. [<L connivere, var. of conivere wink, shut the eyes]
—con·niv′er noun
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