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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.
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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)
Related formscon·nate·ly, adverbcon·nate·ness, nouncon·na·tion [kuh-ney-shuh n] /kəˈneɪ ʃən/, nounsub·con·nate, adjectivesub·con·na·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for connation

Historical Examples

  • The cup in question would thus seem to have been formed from the connation of two stipules which are ordinarily abortive.

    Vegetable Teratology

    Maxwell T. Masters

  • The condition in question is often loosely confounded with connation, or the union of two leaves by their bases.

    Vegetable Teratology

    Maxwell T. Masters

British Dictionary definitions for connation

connate

adjective
  1. existing in a person or thing from birth; congenital or innate
  2. allied or associated in nature or origin; cognateconnate 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 themconnate water
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Derived Formsconnately, adverbconnateness, noun

Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin connātus born at the same time, from Latin nātus, from nāscī to be born
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Word Origin and History for connation

connate

adj.

1640s, from Late Latin connatus "born together, twins," past participle of connasci "to be born together," from com- "together" (see com-) + nasci "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Related: Connation.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
connation in Science

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. Compare adnate.
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