connatural
Americanadjective
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belonging to a person or thing by nature or from birth or origin; inborn.
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of the same or a similar nature.
adjective
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having a similar nature or origin
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congenital or innate; connate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of connatural
1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural
Example Sentences
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In conscious agencies this inclination or tendency to actions conformable or connatural to their being is not always in act; it is aroused by conscious cognition, perception, or imagination of a good, and operates intermittently.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
But it is arbitrary to assume the existence of a power which could never pass fully into the act connatural to it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Accordingly, in matters subject to human reason, and directed to man's connatural end, man can work through the judgment of his reason.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
How connatural this strange, unreasoning, reckless courage was with their regenerate state is shown most signally in St. Paul, as having been a convert of later vocation.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
I answer that, The species whereby the angels understand are not drawn from things, but are connatural to them.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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