connive

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Does the gifted Annapla also connive, and are hers the window signals Annapla kens naething o' that The--what do you call it?--the Second Sight appears to have its limitations At least if it does she's nane the less willin' to be an unconscious aid, and put a flag at the window at the biddin' o' Olivia to keep the witches awa'.

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  1. intransitive verb To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
  2. intransitive verb To scheme; plot.
  3. intransitive verb To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.

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  1. Latin cōnīvēre, connīvēre, to close the eyes.

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  1. = French conniver from Latin connivere, usually cōnivere, wink, wink at, overlook an error or crime, from com-, co-, + nivere, wink, akin to nicere, beckon, freq. nictare, wink.
 

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