conivere

conivēre (conn-) [CL] 1 to wink. b (w. inf.) to consent. ~eo, ic wincige Ælf. Gl.; 14‥ ~eo, A. to twynely WW. b Malchus festinat, conivet [uxorem] ducere, minat R. Cant. Malch. II 539. 2 (pr. ppl): a (w. oculus) winking, closed (fig.). b looking favourably, visibly expressing approval. c (w. dat. or ad) conniving, assenting. d (?) agreeable. a s1251 qui videbantur huic machinationi ~entibus oculis consensisse M. Par. Maj. V 213 (cf. ib. 393); 1345 si hoc ‥ possimus sub dissimulatione ~entibus oculis pertransire (Lit. Papae) Ad. Mur. 183. b Andream exhilarato vultu aspicit ~entem Osb. V. Dunst. 22 (? 23) p. 97; videre pontificem ‥ ~entis vultus letitia monachos cantantes perstringere (V. Aldh.) W. Malm. GP V 277. c cui placito duce alacriter ~ente Chr. Rams. 39; 1341 multi ‥ nituntur malicie sue ~entes regum studia laudabilia depravare (Lit. Regis) Avesb. 95; ad injurias divini nominis secure atque impie ~entium Jewel Apol. 9. d s1095 sentiens ‥ rex episcopum ex parte Urbani cuncta sue voluntati ~entia nuntiare Eadmer HN 79.

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