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connate

[ kon-eyt ]

adjective

  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.



connate

/ ˈɒԱɪ /

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 calledcoadunate biology (of similar parts or organs) closely joined or united together by growth
  4. geology (of fluids) produced or originating at the same time as the rocks surrounding them

    connate water

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

connate

/ ŏ′,ŏ- /

  1. Botany.
    Joined with a part or organ of the same kind, as leaves that are joined at the base.
  2. Botany.
    Compare adnate
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲԲٱ, adverb
  • ˈDzԲԲٱԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dznٱ· adverb
  • Dznٱ·Ա noun
  • Dz·Բ·پDz [k, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ܲ·Dznٱ adjective
  • ܲcDz·ԲtDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of connate1

1635–45; < Late Latin DzԲٳܲ (past participle of DzԲī to be born at the same time with), equivalent to Latin con- con- + - (short stem of ī ) + -tus past participle suffix ( nascent )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of connate1

C17: from Late Latin DzԲٳܲ born at the same time, from Latin ٳܲ, from ī to be born
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Men most often weaponize the term, using it to connate unwarranted bitterness and dismiss arguments. When either does so, I respond plainly, “I am not a feminist.”

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The researchers found most of the salt, organic and other minerals that appear in produced water from shale gas reservoirs originate in the connate waters trapped in the dense rock over geologic time scales.

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Involucral leaves connate at base and adnate to the perianth. b.

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Perfoliate, said of leaves connate about the stem.

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Connate-perfoliate, when a pair of leaves are connate round a stem, 60.

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