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
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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
These it realizes gradually, through the exercise of its connatural activities.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
They may be such that in the ordinary course of nature, and so far as its forces and laws are concerned, they are never found to be absent from their connatural substances—inseparable accidents.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Now a thing is indebted in a special way to that which is its connatural principle of being and government.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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