connivent

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English

Etymology

Latin connivens, present participle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

connivent (comparative more connivent, superlative most connivent)

  1. Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
    connivent justice
  2. (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.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

connivent (feminine connivente, masculine plural connivents, feminine plural conniventes)

  1. connivent

Further reading

Latin

Verb

connīvent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of connīveō
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