different between tolerate vs connive

English

Etymology

From Latin toler?tus (past participle), from toler? (“I endure”). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”). More at thole.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l.?.?e?t/

Verb

tolerate (third-person singular simple present tolerates, present participle tolerating, simple past and past participle tolerated)

1. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

   Synonyms: allow, bear, brook, endure, live with, put up with; see also Thesaurus:tolerate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

Related terms

• tolerability
• tolerable
• tolerance
• tolerant
• toleration

Translations

Further reading

• tolerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tolerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tolerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Esperanto

Adverb

tolerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of toleri

Latin

Verb

toler?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of toler?  "bear ye, endure ye, tolerate ye"

Participle

toler?te

1. vocative masculine singular of toler?tus

English

Etymology

From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin conn?v?re, c?n?v?re, third-person plural perfect active indicative of conn?ve?, c?n?ve? (“to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; to overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *n?v?re (related to nict? (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneyg??- (“to bend, droop”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??na?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v
• Hyphenation: con?nive

Verb

connive (third-person singular simple present connives, present participle conniving, simple past and past participle connived)

1. (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
2. (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

   Synonyms: (rare) dissimulate, look the other way, shut one's eyes, turn a blind eye, wink
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• connivance
• connivent
• nictate

Translations

References

Latin

Verb

conn?v?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of conn?ve?