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单词 connivent
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conniventadj.

/kəˈnʌɪvənt/
Etymology: < Latin co(n)nīvēnt-em, present participle of co(n)nīvēre to connive v.
1. Conniving; disposed to connive at or overlook (offences, etc.). Obsolete.
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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.
2. Dozing, dormant. Obsolete. rare. Cf. connive v. 5.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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