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connate
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[ˈkɒneɪt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate
(e.g: are our ethical values connate?)
- (of parts) united so as to form a single part
- (of water) trapped in sedimentary rock during its deposition
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Origin
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mid 17th century: from late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci, from con- ‘together’ + nasci ‘be born’
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