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 ( see nascent)

Example Sentences

Connate, united or grown together from the first formation, 96.

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

Connate, kon′āt, adj. born with one's self: innate: allied: congenial.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Connate: united at base, or along the whole length.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.