connate

UK: /ˈkɒneɪt/ US: (kon′āt)

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con•nate  (kon′āt), adj. 

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.
3. allied or agreeing in nature;
   cognate.
4. Anatomy firmly united;
   fused.
5. Botany congenitally joined, as leaves.
6. Geology trapped in sediment at the time the sediment was deposited:
   connate water.

• 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)
• 1635–45

con′nate•ly, adv. 
con′nate•ness, n. 
con•na•tion  (kə nā′shən), n. 

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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
3. Also called: coadunate (of similar parts or organs) closely joined or united together by growth
4. (of fluids) produced or originating at the same time as the rocks surrounding them: connate water

Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin connātus born at the same time, from Latin nātus, from nāscī to be born