Connivent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Connivent \Con*niv"ent\, a. [L. connivens, p. pr.]
     1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent
        justice. [R.] --Milton.
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     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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