connivency arch. or Obs.
(kəˈnaɪvənsɪ)
Also 7 -ancey, -ancy.
[ad. L. co(n)nīvēntia: see prec. and -ency.]
1. = connivence 1.
| 1600 Holland Livy i. xlvi. 33 They were married, with Servius his leave and connivencie, rather than his good liking. 1621 Commons' Petit. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 41 If it once get but a connivancey, it will press for a Toleration. 1689 Def. Liberty agst. Tyrants 30 Chastised for their negligence, connivency, and stupidity. 1876 Browning Cenciaja 158 Such connivency With crime as should procure a decent death. |
† b. Const. at, to. Obs.
| 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. (1640) 14 And what was this but his connivency at wicked and licentious people. 1634 W. Tirwhyt Balzac's Lett. 185 It hath rather beene a connivency to the necessity of time. 1689 Myst. of Iniq. 14 Obtaining his connivancy at their violation of the Laws. |
† 2. Tendency to converge. Obs.
| 1691 Ray Creation (1714) 191 The Earth being such a one and all its Parts having a Propension or Connivency to the Center. |