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Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.

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  1. a. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.
  2. a. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. a. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. a. 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.