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‖ pl. Bons vivants [ F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre to live. ] A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia. ] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.

Syn. -- See Collusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. [ 1913 Webster ]

The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.

Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. dīwān a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiwān, F. divan. ] 1. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [ Persia ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chief officer of state. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A coffee and smoking saloon. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From Gallant. ] To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated on a number of light operas. See Gilbert. [ PJC ]

pos>prop. n. An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as “John Bull” is used for the typical Englishman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Power of perceiving. [ Obs. ] “The senses and common perceivance.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pursuivant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. poursuivant, fr. poursuivre. See Pursue, and cf. Pursuant. ] [ Written also poursuivant. ] 1. (Heralds' College) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The herald Hope, forerunning Fear,
And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The king's messenger; a state messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pursue. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Their navy was pursuivanted after with a horrible tempest. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salivans, p. pr. of salivare. See Salivate. ] Producing salivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which produces salivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Heb. sīvān. ] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. survivance. ] Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ pl. Tableaux vivants [ F. ] Same as Tableau, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A truant. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ OF. & F. vivandier, fr. LL. vivanda, vivenda, provisions. Cf. Viand. ] In Continental armies, esp. the French, a sutler. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. See Viand. ] In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler. [ 1913 Webster ]