connate

Definitions


[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:
mid 17th century: from late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci, from con- ‘together’ + nasci ‘be born’




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