connate
Americanadjective
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existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn.
a connate sense of right and wrong.
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associated in birth or origin.
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allied or agreeing in nature; cognate.
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Anatomy. firmly united; fused.
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Botany. congenitally joined, as leaves.
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Geology. trapped in sediment at the time the sediment was deposited.
connate water.
adjective
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existing in a person or thing from birth; congenital or innate
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allied or associated in nature or origin; cognate
connate qualities
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Also called: coadunate. biology (of similar parts or organs) closely joined or united together by growth
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geology (of fluids) produced or originating at the same time as the rocks surrounding them
connate water
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Botany Joined with a part or organ of the same kind, as leaves that are joined at the base.
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Botany Compare adnate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of connate
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 ( see nascent)
Example Sentences
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Water trapped in the unconnected pores of the rock during the processes of deposition and lithification is called connate water.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Men most often weaponize the term, using it to connate unwarranted bitterness and dismiss arguments. When either does so, I respond plainly, “I am not a feminist.”
From Salon • May 17, 2016
Perfoliate, said of leaves connate about the stem.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Involucral leaves connate at base and adnate to the perianth. b.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Perianth subcompressed laterally, connate with the involucral leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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