单词 | connivent |
释义 | conniventadj.ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that permits > tacitly winking1577 connivent1642 conniving1783 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 188 What causes Magistrates to be so partiall and connivent at offenders? 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 300 Using a connivent lenity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > lightly or half-asleep slumbering1390 connivent1644 nappinga1650 snoozing1836 semisomnous1873 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 39 So fickle and so variable, sometimes like a devouring fire, and by and by connivent in the embers. 3. a. Physiology. connivent valves (valvulæ conniventes): circular folds in the mucous membrane of the small intestine, increasing the secretory and absorbent surface. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > small intestines > folds in mucus membrane of connivent valves1684 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 284 Wind..pent up..makes its way by force through the blind, connivent ducts. 1778 Anat. Dialogues (1785) 210 The connivent valves are larger in this than in any other of the guts. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) vi. §22. 171 Structures peculiar to the small intestine are the valvulæ conniventes.] b. Natural History. Gradually convergent; approaching at the extremity: of the anthers, petals, or sepals in flowers, and the wings in certain insects. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > growing together or convergent congressive1646 connivent1758 conniving1870 1758 R. Pultney in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 66 At the base they are connivent, and at the top bent outwardly. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 209 The anthers being connivent, make up the essential characters of the genus. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) App. 309 Lateral petals ovate, obtuse, connivent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1642 |
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