CONNIVENT

Con‐niv″ent (#), a. [[L. connivens, p. pr.]] 1. 1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. Milton.
2. 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.