CONNIVENT

(Lat. conniveo, 7 i^;m/t.) A term used figuratively by botanists in describing the direction of organs, to denote a gradual inward direction, as in many petals. It is the same as converging. In Anatomy, the term is applied to those valvular folds of the lining membrane of canals which are so disposed as to retard, while at the same time they permit, and, as it were, connive at, the pa age of the contents of such canals as the " valvulae conniventes " in the human intestine. CONNOISSEUR. {Yr.connoxtre, to know.) In the Fine Arts, one who is versed in a knowledge of the fine arts. His qualifications are so numerous, that very few sound connoi eurs have appeared; and in nine cases out of ten these come under the description of a well-known Italian author of being "conoscitori senza coguizione." [s. 286]