▪ I. conniving, vbl. n.
(kəˈnaɪvɪŋ)
[f. connive + -ing1.]
The action of the verb connive.
| 1648 Gillespie Usefull Case (1649) 24 That cannot excuse the conniving at gross and scandalous sinners. 1669 H. Stubbe Censure (1671) 19 There is no conniving or complying with such a person. |
▪ II. coˈnniving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That connives; in Nat. Hist. = connivent 3 b.
| 1783 Burke Sp. E. India Bill Wks. IV. 112 In many of them, the directors were heartily concurring..in all, they were conniving. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 291 Dead-nettle..Anthers conniving in pairs; cells diverging. |