present at beginning or right from the start; inborn or built-in.
Originating at precisely the same time; related.
Becoming in close agreement or sympathy; congenial: "When You Look At The wilderness, We find something more dear and connate than in roads and villages” ( Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Biology Joined or united with a structure of the same sort, as sepals or petals.
Geology Trapped in deposit or rock during deposition: connate water.
cognate
inborn
united with others of the same kind (especially of sepals or petals)
trapped within a rock at the time of its development (especially of liquid or petroleum)
created with another; being of the identical delivery.
Congenital; existing from delivery.
Congenitally united; developing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one human body. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.
of similar components or body organs; closely joined or united
Inborn; implanted at or current from delivery; congenital.
Cognate; allied in source or nature.
In anat. and zoology, united; perhaps not divided by a, joint or suture; confluent; especially, in entom., immovably united; soldered collectively. Thus, the menturn and ligula may be connate - this is certainly, maybe not independently movable.
In. botany, united congenitally: a broad term including both adnate and coalescent. Some times coherent.
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