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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It is that primitive life which was most connatural to the soul of man, which sin did deprive us of.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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 Peter Coffey
No real being is by nature inert or aimless; no real being is without its connatural faculties, forces and functions.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Neither, therefore, can the repose of the animal appetite, which is pleasure, be elsewhere than in something connatural.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Hence we may confine our attention here to the distinction between these two classes of accident and their connatural substances.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
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