connate

American  

[kon-eyt] / ˈkɒn eɪt /

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 British  

/ 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 called: coadunate.  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

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connate Scientific  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• connately adverb
• connateness noun
• connation noun
• subconnate adjective
• subconnation noun

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 ( nascent )

Example Sentences

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

Connate-perfoliate, when a pair of leaves are connate round a stem, 60.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Stamens and style connate; anthers 1 or 2.

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 exserted, subcampanulate and open, deeply laciniate, 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