connivent

From Latin connīvēns.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnaɪvənt/

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connivent (comparative more connivent, superlative most connivent)

1. (obsolete) Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.

   connivent justice

   • 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

     his legal justice cannot be so fickle and variable , sometimes like a devouring fire , and by and by connivent in the embers

2. (biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.

   the connivent petals of a flower

   connivent wings of an insect

   connivent anthers

   connivent perianth

   connivent claws

   connivent stamens

• connive

• “connivent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Latin connīvēns.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.niˈβen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.niˈvent]
• Rhymes: -en(t)

connivent m (plural connivents, feminine connivent, feminine plural connivents)

1. connivent, forbearing
2. (biology) connivent, arched inward

• “connivent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

1. connivent

• “connivent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

connīvent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of connīveō