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
Sometimes only two or three petals are united, or the connation does not extend the entire length of the petals.
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
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
Apart from such divergencies the connation of the petals is universally recognized as one of the most important systematic characters.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
