connate
adjective
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn.
connation
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a word derived from
connate.
Example Sentences
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Her entire seminar resounded with me, but what was particularly noteworthy were her primary goals which include stimulating enthusiasm for chemistry and purging the negative connation associated with chemicals.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 8, 2013
This connation of the basal lobes is universally considered as a good and normal specific character.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The cup in question would thus seem to have been formed from the connation of two stipules which are ordinarily abortive.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
They have the stalk inserted in the middle of the blade, a contrivance produced by the connation of the two basal lobes.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The condition in question is often loosely confounded with connation, or the union of two leaves by their bases.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
