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con⋅nate
[kon-eyt]
–adjective
| 1. | existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn: a connate sense of right and wrong. |
| 2. | associated in birth or origin. |
| 3. | allied or agreeing in nature; cognate. |
| 4. | Anatomy. firmly united; fused. |
| 5. | Botany. congenitally joined, as leaves. |
| 6. | Geology. trapped in sediment at the time the sediment was deposited: connate water. |
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Connate
Con"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See Cognate.]1. Born with another; being of the same birth. 2. Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." --South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. --Dunglison. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.
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Main Entry: con·nate
Pronunciation: kä-'nAt, 'kän-"At
Function: adjective
: firmly united <connate bones> —con·nate·ly adverb
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| connate (kŏn'āt', kŏ-nāt') Pronunciation Key
Botany Joined with a part or organ of the same kind, as leaves that are joined at the base. Compare adnate. |
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