Connivent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Biology Converging and touching but not fused, as stamens or an insect's wings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
  • adj. Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive.
  • adj. Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Conniving; wilfully blind or tolerant.
  • In natural history, having a gradually inward direction; converging; coming in contact: as, the connivent wings of an insect, or petals of a flower.
  • Word Usage
    "Wier has considered the clergy of every sect as being too eager in this species of persecution: Ad gravem hanc impietatem, connivent theologi plerique omnes."
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