connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
am conniving
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present progressiveof connive (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I have only to take care that the rectitude of my own behaviour shall refute every suspicion that I am conniving at, or even apologizing for Henry's errors.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
