connivent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONNIVENT, adjective 1. Shutting the eyes; forbearing to see. 2. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those wrinkles, cellules and vascules, which are found on the inside of the two intestines, ilium and jejunum. 3. In botany, closely united; converging together.
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