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Quotation dates: 1823-1825
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CONNEEVE, v. [kə′ni:v]
1. Sc. form of Eng. connive, with Eng. meaning. Known to Bnf.2, Abd.22 1937.Sc. 1825 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 10:
Mercy me! . . . and can you believe . . . that the parents conneeved at her being Cornel Barclay's miss.
Hence conneevance, n.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail III. iv.:
I . . . would think I did nae ill in the way o' a quiet conneevance to help them on in their courtship.
2. “To converse familiarly” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Cf. Canaive.
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