Con-niv'ent, a.

a. [Lat. connivens, p. pr. of connivere.]

1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [Rare.] Milton.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Brought close together; converging; as, the connivent leaves of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, &c.

Gray. Dunglison. Connivent.