ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONNIVE
From French conniver, from Latin connīvēre to blink, hence, leave uncensured; -nīvēre related to nictāre to wink.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONNIVE
PRESENT
Present
I connive
you connive
he/she/it connives
we connive
you connive
they connive
Present continuous
I am conniving
you are conniving
he/she/it is conniving
we are conniving
you are conniving
they are conniving
Present perfect
I have connived
you have connived
he/she/it has connived
we have connived
you have connived
they have connived
Present perfect continuous
I have been conniving
you have been conniving
he/she/it has been conniving
we have been conniving
you have been conniving
they have been conniving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I connived
you connived
he/she/it connived
we connived
you connived
they connived
Past continuous
I was conniving
you were conniving
he/she/it was conniving
we were conniving
you were conniving
they were conniving
Past perfect
I had connived
you had connived
he/she/it had connived
we had connived
you had connived
they had connived
Past perfect continuous
I had been conniving
you had been conniving
he/she/it had been conniving
we had been conniving
you had been conniving
they had been conniving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will connive
you will connive
he/she/it will connive
we will connive
you will connive
they will connive
Future continuous
I will be conniving
you will be conniving
he/she/it will be conniving
we will be conniving
you will be conniving
they will be conniving
Future perfect
I will have connived
you will have connived
he/she/it will have connived
we will have connived
you will have connived
they will have connived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conniving
you will have been conniving
he/she/it will have been conniving
we will have been conniving
you will have been conniving
they will have been conniving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would connive
you would connive
he/she/it would connive
we would connive
you would connive
they would connive
Conditional continuous
I would be conniving
you would be conniving
he/she/it would be conniving
we would be conniving
you would be conniving
they would be conniving
Conditional perfect
I would have connive
you would have connive
he/she/it would have connive
we would have connive
you would have connive
they would have connive
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conniving
you would have been conniving
he/she/it would have been conniving
we would have been conniving
you would have been conniving
they would have been conniving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you connive
we let´s connive
you connive
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
conniving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONNIVE»
Discover the use of
connive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
connive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
In colloquial English, the verb connive has acquired further, nontraditional
usages in which the verb is transitive and takes a direct object that is usually a
person or a noun like way. In this regard, connive is sometimes used in the sense
"to ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
2
An Abridgement of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relative to ...
lufive agreement with any such officer, to do, conceal, or connive at, any act
whereby any of the provisions made by this or any other act relative to the
customs or excise may be evaded or broken, he shall (whether- such offer,
proposal, ...
3
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing
If it doesn't, try compose. connive The verb used to mean — and, according to the
dictionaries, still does — "to close one's eyes to, look the other way while some
improper behavior goes on": The residents complain that the police connive at ...
Claire Kehrwald Cook, 1985
4
Against War and War Taxes: Quaker Arguments for War Tax Refusal
If Friends were faithful to maintain their testimony against war in. Those. Who.
Connive. at. Payment. Pacificus, 1835 A Testimony for the Truth Joshua Maule,
1865. 57 Those Who Connive at Payment Those Who Connive at Payment.
5
A Chinese and English Vocabulary in the Pekinese Dialect
See hsin'. commonly, constantly. to study, to consider. to connive at, connivance.
to befriend, to take one's part, to connive at. to connive at, to take one's part, to
screen. private, selfish, under-hand. connivance, to connive at, to take one's part.
George Carter Stent, 1871
6
Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: 1735-1759
... recompence, or bribe to officer reward whatsoever, to any officer or officers of
his Majesty's to connive at customs or excise to connive at, consent to, or permit
any or goods or merchandizes to be run into this kingdom, or to a e eDtr^'
connive ...
7
Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland ... from ...
... who (hall from /'-'• 4°-£»g- and after the twenty fourth day of June, one thoufand
feven offering any hundred and fixty, give or offer any bribe, recompence, or bribe
to officer reward wliatfoever, to any officer or officers of his Majefty's to connive ...
8
The Report of the Patrick Finucane Review
The synonyms he listed were: to conspire; to connive; to collaborate; to plot; and
to scheme.” He then noted the dictionary definitions of those synonyms as follows
: “The verb 'connive' is defined as to deliberately ignore; to overlook; ...
Patrick Finucane Review, 2012
receive Pedobaptists into communion would be openly to connive at an error, —
an error both in judgment and practice ; an error of that kind which the Scripture
calls ' will- worship and the traditions of men.'"* Here is a plain recognition of the ...
10
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
... Connexion — 315 Connexions 316 Connexion with 317 Connivance 318
Connivances 319 To connive — 380 To connive at 321 Connive 322 Connive at
323 Connive at such 324 Connives — 325 Connives at 326 Connived SS7
Connived ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONNIVE»
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connive is used in the context of the following news items.
Technology Transfer and Accelerated Road Infrastructure …
Some of these expatriate workers connive with non patriotic Nigerians to import their co-nationals, circumvent our Local Content Act and by ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
Lawyer Urges Police To Obey Laws
... the police to aid expatriate to violate traffic regulations. He expatriate violates our laws with impunity while the police connive at it. Chidi Enyie. «The Tide, Jul 15»
A Navy Is Born
... those soldiers would nevertheless harry, exhaust and connive their way to an almost inconceivable victory. As historians David and Jeanne ... «America's 1st Freedom, Jul 15»
Making DPR More Efficient
... officials of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources connive with successive Directors of the agency and other top officials to perpetrate sleaze. «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
Ex-Banco Filipino execs face criminal charges
The complaint alleged that in 2001, the respondents used their positions to connive with officers and stockholders of Banco Filipino and its ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
Union Urges RSG To Check Multiple Taxation, Extortion
... money from the drivers, alleging that sometimes the Local Government connive with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) ... «The Tide, Jul 15»
The Welcome Change at NERC
Their staff connive with delinquent customers to over-estimate the bills of good customers in favour of those whose bills are deliberately ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
APC Crisis: Kwara, Lagos chapters clash over Saraki
Tambuwal was treacherous and that led him to connive with others to decamp. APC benefited from that event and eventually took control of the ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
Opinion: Of an annual festival of flood and PR funfair
If we have to shape the process for the issuance of building permit and weed out crooks who condone and connive with developers to overlook ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
Julian Assange on Google, surveillance and predatory capitalism
“What we must grasp is the tendency of digital information systems to connive with concentrated power,” he says, voice lowering. “The case of ... «StartupSmart, Jul 15»
