connate

[ 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.

connate

/ ˈkɒneɪt /

adjective

1. existing in a person or thing from birth; congenital or innate
2. allied or associated in nature or origin; cognate

   connate qualities

3. Also calledcoadunate biology (of similar parts or organs) closely joined or united together by growth
4. geology (of fluids) produced or originating at the same time as the rocks surrounding them

   connate water

connate

/ kŏn′āt′,kŏ-nāt′ /

1. Botany.
   Joined with a part or organ of the same kind, as leaves that are joined at the base.
2. Botany.
   Compare adnate

Derived Forms

• ˈconnately, adverb
• ˈconnateness, noun

Other Words From

• connate·ly adverb
• connate·ness noun
• con·na·tion [k, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
• sub·connate adjective
• subcon·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of connate¹

1635–45; < Late Latin connātus (past participle of connāscī to be born at the same time with), equivalent to Latin con- con- + nā- (short stem of nāscī ) + -tus past participle suffix ( nascent )

Word History and Origins

Origin of connate¹

C17: from Late Latin connātus born at the same time, from Latin nātus, from nāscī to be born

Example Sentences

In a considerable proportion of insects it seems connate with the Labium, and forming its inner surface?

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In most cases, however, the peridia are connate throughout, and sometimes present above a membranous common covering.

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Their knowledge is connate and is called instinct; but it belongs to the natural love in which they are.

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If by nature deaf, from the intonation of sounds; and many unhappy instances of such connate defects abound among our species.

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Perianth subcompressed laterally, connate with the involucral leaves.

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