Con*niv"ent (#), a. [L. connivens, p. pr.]
1.
Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.
[R.]
Milton.
2. Biol.
Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.
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