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Connate

Connate Meaning & Definition
Connate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Connate?

[adj] related in nature; "connate qualities"
[adj] (biology) of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Connate: cognate | related | related to

Related Terms | Find terms related to Connate: affiliated | affinal | affinitive | agnate | akin | allied | atavistic | bodily | born | coeval | cognate | congeneric | congenerous | congenial | congenital | connatal | connatural | connected | consanguine | conspecific | constitutional | correlative | deep-seated | elemental | enate | essential | genetic | genetically related | hereditary | in the blood | inborn | inbred | incarnate | incident | indigenous | indwelling | inherited | innate | instinctive | instinctual | intrinsic | kindred | native | native to | natural | natural to | of common source | organic | physical | primal | related | related by blood | temperamental | unacquired

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Connate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See {Cognate}.] 1. Born with another; being of the same birth. 2. Congenital; existing from birth. ``Connate notions.'' --South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. --Dunglison. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of {Connate-perfoliate}.

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