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con⋅nate

  [kon-eyt]
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–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.
Origin:
1635–45; < LL connātus (ptp. of connāscī to be born at the same time with), equiv. to L con- con- + nā- (short s. of nāscī) + -tus ptp. suffix (see nascent )

Related forms:
con⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
con⋅nate⋅ness, noun
con⋅na⋅tion  [kuh-ney-shuhn] , noun
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con·nate   (kŏn'āt', kŏ-nāt')   
adj.  
  1. Existing at birth or from the beginning; inborn or inherent.
  2. Originating at the same time; related.
  3. Being in close accord or sympathy; congenial: "In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets and villages" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
  4. Biology Joined or united with a structure of the same kind, as sepals or petals.
  5. Geology Trapped in sediment or rock at the time of deposition: connate water.

[Late Latin connātus, past participle of connāscī, to be born with : Latin com-, com- + Latin nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
con'nate'ly adv., con'nate'ness n.
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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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