connivent

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin connivens, present participle.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kəˈnaɪvənt/
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Adjective edit

connivent (comparative more connivent, superlative most connivent)

Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
connivent justice
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
  his legal justice cannot be so fickle and variable , sometimes like a devouring fire , and by and by connivent in the embers
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.

Related terms edit

connive

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “connivent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)