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<h1>Connector</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, connects</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.</def></def>

<h1>Conner</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cunner</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> A marine European fish (<spn>Crenilabrus melops</spn>); also, the related American cunner. See <er>Cunner</er>.</def>

<h1>Connex</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nex"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>connexus</ets>, p.p. See <er>Connect</er>.]</ety> <def>To connect.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Connexion</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nex"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>connexio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>connexion</ets>.]</ety> <def>Connection. See <er>Connection</er>.</def>

<h1>Connexive</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nex"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Connective</er>.</def>

<h1>Conning tower</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con"ning tow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel.</def>

<h1>Connivance</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*niv"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>connivence</ets>, L. <ets>conniventia</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co<?/peration.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Collusion</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Con*nive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Connived</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conniving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>connivere</ets> to shut the eues, connive, fr. <ets>con-</ets> + (perh.) a word akin to <ets>nicere</ets> to beckon, <ets>nictare</ets> to wink.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to <b>connive</b> with either eye. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by <i>at</i>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>connive</b> at what it does not approve. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were <b>conniving</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to <b>connive</b> at the violation of this rule. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*nive"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.</def> <mark>[R. & Obs.]</mark> "Divorces were not <i>connived</i> only, but with eye open allowed."

<i>Milton.</i>

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