connīveō — meaning in English

English meaning

• blink verb To close and open the eyes quickly.
• connive verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
• wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

connīveō is used for these senses in English:

• blink (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
• connive (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
• wink (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

blink — full definition

1. verb To close and open the eyes quickly.
2. verb To flash on and off, especially at regular intervals.
3. verb To back down or show hesitation in a standoff, as in the phrase "blink first."
4. noun The act of quickly closing and opening the eyes, or a very brief moment.

connive — full definition

1. verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
2. verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
3. verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
4. verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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