'Connate' definitions:

Definition of 'connate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower" [ant: adnate]
adjective
Related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate]

Definition of 'Connate'

From: GCIDE
  • Connate \Con"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See Cognate.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Born with another; being of the same birth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." --South. [1913 Webster]
  • A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate. [1913 Webster]

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