Part 2290

<hw>Con*niv"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Connivance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Connivent</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*niv"ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>connivens</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; <as>as, <ex>connivent</ex> justice</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; <as>as, the <ex>connivent</ex> petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Conniver</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*niv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who connives.</def>

<h1>Connoisseur</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con`nois*seur"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>connaisseur</ets>, formerly <ets>connoisseur</ets>, fr. <ets>conna\'8ctre</ets> to know, fr. L. <ets>cognoscere</ets> to become acquainted with; <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>noscere</ets>, <ets>gnoscere</ets>, to learn to know. See <er>Know</er>, <er>amd cf</er>. <er>Cognizor</er>.]</ety> <def>One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>connoisseur</b> is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." <i>Fairholt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Connoisseurship</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con`nois*seur"ship</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being a connoisseur.</def>

<h1>Connotate</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con"no*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>notatus</ets>, p.p.of <ets>notare</ets> to mark. Cf. <er>Connote</er>.]</ety> <def>To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Connotation</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con`no*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>connotation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.</def>

<h1>Connotative</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*no"ta*tive</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Implying something additional; illative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Log.)</fld> <def>Implying an attribute. See <er>Connote</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Connotative term</col>, <cd>one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute.</cd></cs>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Connotatively</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*no"ta*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.</def>

<h1>Connote</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*note"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Connoted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Connoting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Connotate</er>, and <er>Note</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.</def>

<blockquote>Good, in the general notion of it, <b>connotes</b> also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>To imply as an attribute.</def>