† connascencyn.
Obsolete.
a. A being born together; a birth in which two individuals are united.
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congeneration1785
connation1853
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xv. 141 Christians..have baptized these geminous births, and double connascencies with severall names. View more context for this quotation
b. A growing together.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > growing together or into each other
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anastomosingc1810
connivance1830
intergrowtha1859
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. ii. 478 Symphysis in its originall signification denotes a connascency or growing together.
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