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Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.

An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.

A fellow adventurer.

Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.

act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation. Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay. In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley.

A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.

Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages." Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.

assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe.

One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.

Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.] Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale.

That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received…

One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

The act of making conventional.

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

In a conventional manner.

Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.