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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•nate (kon′āt),USA pronunciation adj. - existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:a connate sense of right and wrong.
- associated in birth or origin.
- allied or agreeing in nature;
cognate. - Anatomyfirmly united;
fused. - Botanycongenitally joined, as leaves.
- Geologytrapped 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
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