connate

[ kon-eyt ]
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adjective
  1. existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn: a connate sense of right and wrong.

  2. associated in birth or origin.

  1. allied or agreeing in nature; cognate.

  2. Anatomy. firmly united; fused.

  3. Botany. congenitally joined, as leaves.

  4. Geology. trapped in sediment at the time the sediment was deposited: connate water.

Origin of connate

1
1635–45; <Late Latin connātus (past participle of connāscī to be born at the same time with), equivalent to Latin con-con- + nā- (short stem of nāscī) + -tus past participle suffix (see nascent)

Other words from connate

  • con·nate·ly, adverb
  • con·nate·ness, noun
  • con·na·tion [kuh-ney-shuhn], /kəˈneɪ ʃən/, noun
  • sub·con·nate, adjective
  • sub·con·na·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for connate

connate

/ (ˈkɒneɪt) /


adjective
  1. existing in a person or thing from birth; congenital or innate

  2. allied or associated in nature or origin; cognate: connate qualities

  1. Also called: coadunate biology (of similar parts or organs) closely joined or united together by growth

  2. geology (of fluids) produced or originating at the same time as the rocks surrounding them: connate water

Origin of connate

1
C17: from Late Latin connātus born at the same time, from Latin nātus, from nāscī to be born

Derived forms of connate

  • connately, adverb
  • connateness, noun

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Scientific definitions for connate

connate

[ kŏnāt′, kŏ-nāt ]


  1. Botany Joined with a part or organ of the same kind, as leaves that are joined at the base. Compare adnate.

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